Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
Watergate Mansions is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Shrewsbury (SY1 1DW). It has a recorded floor area of 86 m² (around 926 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (December 2024) shows a D (score 57), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in May 2015 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 77). Main heating runs on electricity. At 86 m² this is the 23rd smallest of 25 units on EPC record in Watergate Mansions, where floor areas span 28–121 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C across 25 units on file.
At 86 m² the property is well over the postcode median (60 m² across 24 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 1995–2015, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £311,000 is 13.1% above the 2015 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£297/sq ft) was about 120.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last changed hands 11 years ago, in April 2015.
Certificate validity
Valid until 6 December 2034
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Hot water system upgraded
More low energy lighting installed
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Because the property has no mains gas supply and has solid (non-cavity) walls, we believe a Level 3 building survey should be considered.
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Watergate Mansions has no planning applications on record.
A planning report still maps activity across the surrounding area and reads this property's extension & conversion potential.
Sale price has grown by over 3x since 1995.
£311,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.4% per year over 20 years.
£275,000
Growth on file: 6.4% per year over 20 years.
23 April 2015Most recent
£275,000
+153.5%over 16 years8 September 1998
£108,500
+34.9%over 3 years16 July 1995
£80,430
Median price across the last 5 sales in SY1 1DW: £225,000 (2025–2022).
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Sold Nov 2025
Watergate Mansions, Apartment 22, St Marys Place, Shrewsbury, SY1 1DW
Sold Apr 2024
Watergate Mansions, Apartment 23, St Marys Place, Shrewsbury, SY1 1DW
Sold Dec 2022
Watergate Mansions, Apartment 14, St Marys Place, Shrewsbury, SY1 1DW
Sold Sept 2022
Watergate Mansions, Apartment 26, St Marys Place, Shrewsbury, SY1 1DW
Sold Feb 2022
Watergate Mansions outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,198
Street avg £3,264
Floor Area
86 m²
Street avg 61 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 3 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.4 t/year
Street avg 3.0 t/year
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Crime
211/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Bus Station Timetable — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
Shrewsbury College. 20 schools nearby.
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