5 Charminster Close, Swindon, SN3 3QB

5 Charminster Close is an end-of-terrace house in Swindon (SN3 3QB). It has a recorded floor area of 64 m² (around 689 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1930-1949. At 64 m² this is the 25th smallest of 30 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 37–64 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (41 versus a best of 80). The latest certificate (June 2013) shows an E (score 41), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 56). Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from June 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since October 2002 — that's 24 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. At 64 m² it's 28% larger than the typical home in the postcode (50 m² median across 29 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 1998–2002, sale prices on this property compounded at 27.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £138,000 sits 53.3% above the 2002 sale of £89,995.