16 Beech Drive, Swindon, SN5 5DQ
About 16 Beech Drive
16 Beech Drive is a four-bedroom detached house in Swindon (SN5 5DQ). It has a recorded floor area of 108 m² (around 1163 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (June 2019) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump.
Sold September 2019 for £375,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 1999–2019, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £449,000 is 19.7% above the 2019 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£323/sq ft) was about 124.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms3
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Planning history
16 Beech Drive has no planning applications on record.
The full report still covers planning activity across the surrounding area.
Sales history & valuation
Sale price has grown by over 3x since 1999.
£449,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.7% per year over 20 years.
£375,000
Growth on file: 5.7% per year over 20 years.
Sales timeline
19 September 2019Most recent
£375,000
+72.8%over 15 years6 February 2004
£217,000
+3.3%19 December 2003
£210,000
+75.0%over 4 years15 April 1999
£120,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SN5 5DQ: £435,000 (2024–2016).
Everything we know about 16 Beech Drive, in one report
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Versus other Beech Drive homes
Floor Area for 16 Beech Drive lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,472
Street avg £2,316
Floor Area
108 m²
Street avg 127 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.0 t/year
Street avg 4.5 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Webbs Wood — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Peatmoor Community Primary School. 21 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.7dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.1dB