Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
18 Ashford Drive, Shrewsbury, SY1 3HH
3 sales on record
Property type
Semi-detached
Bedrooms
3
Floor area
97 m²
1044 sq ft
Energy rating
E
Score 50
Council tax
Band C
Tenure
Owner Occupied
About 18 Ashford Drive
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
18 Ashford Drive is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Shrewsbury (SY1 3HH). It has a recorded floor area of 97 m² (around 1044 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (May 2012) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from May 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 97 m² it's 21.3% larger than the typical home in the postcode (80 m² median across 12 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Last changed hands 14 years ago, in September 2012. Across 1999–2012, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £228,000 is 42.9% above the 2012 sale price.
What this property has
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Inside
- Bedrooms3
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Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
18 Ashford Drive sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 01 May 2022
Current Certificate
May 2012EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
E
E50
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Average
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
5.9 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Certificate validity
Expired on 1 May 2022
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Planning history
Applications and permits filed against 18 Ashford Drive, Shrewsbury, SY1 3HH, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
18 Ashford Drive has no planning applications on record.
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But the area is active
2 notable applications nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
Sale price has at least doubled since 1999.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£228,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.2% per year over 13 years.
Last sold (2012)
£159,500
Growth on file: 6.2% per year over 13 years.
Sales timeline
20 September 2012Most recent
£159,500
+20.8%over 8 years8 December 2003
£132,000
+82.1%over 4 years22 July 1999
£72,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in SY1 3HH: £204,000 (2023–2020).
Nearby sales in SY1 3HH
Versus other Ashford Drive homes
Four headline reads against 12 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
18 Ashford Drive is notably below the street on epc rating.
Price per m²
£1,644
Street avg £1,974
Floor Area
97 m²
Street avg 90 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.9 t/year
Street avg 3.2 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
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Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
211/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
2.6 km
Shrewsbury Rail Station — railway station.
Closest school
0.2 km
Grange Primary School. 12 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around SY1 3HH from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.5dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.9dB
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