85 High Street, Purton, Swindon, SN5 4AB

85 High Street is a three-bedroom detached house in Purton, Swindon, Swindon (SN5 4AB). It has a recorded floor area of 94 m² (around 1012 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (December 2021) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in September 2016 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, window efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Good to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 3-band jump. Period features are noted in the property record.

3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 80% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £475,000 is 10.1% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£426/sq ft) was about 72.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold December 2022 for £431,500. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.