Melbourne Villa, Swindon Road, Avebury, Marlborough, SN8 1RH

Melbourne Villa is a four-bedroom detached house in Avebury, Marlborough, Marlborough (SN8 1RH). It has a recorded floor area of 167 m² (around 1798 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (March 2013) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from March 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include notable views. Period features are noted in the property record. It has already been extended once and our model flags further extension potential, a sign of buyer flexibility.

It hasn't traded since August 1998, a hold of 28 years that's notably long for the area. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 167 m² the property is well over the postcode median (102 m² across 5 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 80% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £813,000 sits 316.9% above the 1998 sale of £195,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£108/sq ft) was about 59.5% below the postcode norm. 4 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.