8 The Crescent, Swindon, SN5 5LA

8 The Crescent is a four-bedroom detached house in Swindon (SN5 5LA). It has a recorded floor area of 184 m² (around 1981 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (November 2021) shows an F (score 28), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it D (December 2009); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Good to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average and hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 72), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The property has solar panels on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

At 184 m² the property is well over the postcode median (97 m² across 4 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 75% of similar EPCs). Across 1996–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.9% per year. Most recent transfer: February 2022 at £565,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.