6 Bentham Lane, Bentham, Purton, Swindon, SN5 4HZ

6 Bentham Lane is a semi-detached house in Purton, Swindon, Swindon (SN5 4HZ). It has a recorded floor area of 84 m² (around 904 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (December 2009) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 64). The latest certificate is from December 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 84 m² it sits well below the postcode median (163 m² across 7 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 71% of similar EPCs). Last changed hands 8 years ago, in January 2018. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 1996–2018, sale prices on this property compounded at 9.3% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£540/sq ft) was about 27.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2018.