Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
Carriers Cottages, Ash Tree Cottage, Highworth Road, South Marston, Swindon, SN3 4SD
5 sales on record4 planning records
Property type
Detached
Habitable rooms
5
From EPC
Floor area
101 m²
1084 sq ft
Energy rating
D
Score 67
Council tax
Band D
Tenure
Owner Occupied
About Carriers Cottages
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
Carriers Cottages is a detached house in South Marston, Swindon, Swindon (SN3 4SD). It has a recorded floor area of 101 m² (around 1084 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (January 2011) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 70). The latest certificate is from January 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Held since June 2011 — that's 15 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. 4 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include tree works and an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1995–2011, sale prices on this property compounded at 9.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £352,000 is 49.8% above the 2011 sale price.
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Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
Carriers Cottages's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 10 Jan 2021
Current Certificate
Jan 2011EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
D67
E
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Good
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
3.4 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Certificate validity
Expired on 10 January 2021
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Planning history
Applications and permits filed against Carriers Cottages, Ash Tree Cottage, Highworth Road, South Marston, Swindon, SN3 4SD, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
Council records include a two-storey side and rear extension at Carriers Cottages.
4 applications on record at Carriers Cottages, Ash Tree Cottage, Highworth Road, South Marston, Swindon, SN3 4SD
4decisions1extensions30documents9nearby
- Jun 2002New BuildFullOutcome in report
Erection of 1 No. dwelling. (Removal of condition 2 of planning permission T90.1505 relating to parking and turning area).
- Reference
- S/02/0699
- More recent applications — locked
- Tree WorksOct 2023Decision
- ExtensionFeb 2019Decision
+ 1 more application in the report
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Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
Sale price has grown by over 3x since 1995.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£352,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 9.2% per year over 16 years.
Last sold (2011)
£235,000
Growth on file: 9.2% per year over 16 years.
Sales timeline
30 June 2011Most recent
£235,000
+26.3%over 8 years29 August 2002
£186,000
+27.4%over 1 year16 May 2001
£146,000
+69.8%over 3 years26 May 1997
£86,000
+43.3%over 1 year30 November 1995
£60,000
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Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
318/mo
Falling year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.0 km
Greenfields — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
South Marston Church of England Primary School. 9 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around SN3 4SD from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.6dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.6dB
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