17 Newbury Drive, Freshbrook, Swindon, SN5 8PA
About 17 Newbury Drive
17 Newbury Drive is a three-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Freshbrook, Swindon, Swindon (SN5 8PA). It has a recorded floor area of 80 m² (around 861 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (October 2016) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since January 2015. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and roof efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 3-band jump. The home occupies a corner plot and a cul-de-sac position.
At 80 m² it's 25% larger than the typical home in the postcode (64 m² median across 15 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Sold May 2019 for £185,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 2000–2019, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £256,000 is 38.4% above the 2019 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£215/sq ft) was about 18% 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
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms1
Outside
- Private gardenRear
- DrivewayYes
- Corner plotYes
- Cul-de-sacYes
Building
- Heating systemGas
Energy performance
17 Newbury Drive sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Planning history
17 Newbury Drive has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
1applications of note in the surrounding area
Sales history & valuation
17 Newbury Drive has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 2000.
£256,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.4% per year over 19 years.
£185,000
Growth on file: 4.4% per year over 19 years.
Sales timeline
21 May 2019Most recent
£185,000
+17.8%over 4 years30 March 2015
£157,000
+18.9%over 10 years22 July 2004
£132,000
+61.1%over 4 years27 April 2000
£81,950
Median price across the last 5 sales in SN5 8PA: £221,000 (2024–2021).
Nearby sales in SN5 8PA
2 Newbury Drive, Freshbrook, Swindon, SN5 8PA
Sold Aug 2024
£210,0007 Newbury Drive, Freshbrook, Swindon, SN5 8PA
Sold Jul 2024
£235,00011 Newbury Drive, Freshbrook, Swindon, SN5 8PA
Sold Mar 2024
£221,00010 Newbury Drive, Freshbrook, Swindon, SN5 8PA
Sold Aug 2022
£227,5005 Newbury Drive, Freshbrook, Swindon, SN5 8PA
Sold Nov 2021
£190,000
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Versus other Newbury Drive homes
17 Newbury Drive outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,313
Street avg £2,524
Floor Area
80 m²
Street avg 63 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.7 t/year
Street avg 2.9 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Langdale Drive — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
Millbrook Primary School. 14 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
54.9dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
46.0dB