18 Ashlar Court, Marlborough Road, Swindon, SN3 1QW

18 Ashlar Court is a two-bedroom detached house in Swindon (SN3 1QW). It has a recorded floor area of 104 m² (around 1122 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2003-2006 and council tax band E. At 104 m² this is the 16th smallest of 18 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 50–121 m². The building's EPC ratings span D to C, with this unit at the top. The latest certificate (March 2010) shows a C (score 73). The rating has held steady at C across 2 certificates since June 2009. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Average; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and main heating dropped from Average to Poor. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from March 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since December 2010 — that's 16 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 104 m² the property is well over the postcode median (68 m² across 17 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 2002–2010, sale prices on this property compounded at -3.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £207,000 is 18.3% above the 2010 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£156/sq ft) was about 28.4% below the postcode norm.