20 Boydell Close, Shaw, Swindon, SN5 5QT

20 Boydell Close is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Shaw, Swindon, Swindon (SN5 5QT). It has a recorded floor area of 37 m² (around 398 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (February 2016) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 93), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from February 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since May 2007 — that's 19 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. Across 2000–2007, sale prices on this property compounded at 9.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £163,000 sits 50.2% above the 2007 sale of £108,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£272/sq ft) was about 48.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 37 m² it sits well below the postcode median (54 m² across 17 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 88% of similar EPCs). 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. One planning record on file: an extension refused in 2006.