18 Beech Drive, Swindon, SN5 5DQ
About 18 Beech Drive
18 Beech Drive is a five-bedroom detached house in Swindon (SN5 5DQ). It has a recorded floor area of 181 m² (around 1948 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (November 2022) shows a C (score 76), near the top of the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 84).
At 181 m² the property is well over the postcode median (122 m² across 12 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Most recent transfer: October 2023 at £552,500. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 1999–2023, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.7% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£284/sq ft) was about 97.4% 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
- Bedrooms5
- Bathrooms3
Energy performance
EPC Rating
Planning history
18 Beech Drive has no planning applications on record.
The full report still covers planning activity across the surrounding area.
Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 18 Beech Drive was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£575,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.7% per year over 24 years.
£552,500
Growth on file: 4.7% per year over 24 years.
Sales timeline
19 October 2023Most recent
£552,500
+43.5%over 8 years7 November 2014
£385,000
-1.8%28 August 2014
£392,000
+117.8%over 15 years29 April 1999
£180,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SN5 5DQ: £430,000 (2024–2016).
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Versus other Beech Drive homes
18 Beech Drive outperforms the street on epc rating by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,052
Street avg £2,351
Floor Area
181 m²
Street avg 121 m²
Habitable Rooms
9 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.6 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.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.7dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.1dB