Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
2 Hawthorne Cottages is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Lyth Bank, Shrewsbury, Shrewsbury (SY3 0BJ). It has a recorded floor area of 102 m² (around 1098 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (January 2019) shows a C (score 70). When first surveyed in June 2015 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 84). The property has solar panels on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal.
Last sale on file: £297,000 in June 2019. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2010. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2007–2019, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £363,000 is 22.2% above the 2019 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£271/sq ft) was about 36.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
Certificate validity
Valid until 16 January 2029
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Wall insulation improved
Loft insulation upgraded to recommended levels
Low energy lighting percentage decreased
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
More low energy lighting installed
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Because the property was built before 1919 and has solid (non-cavity) walls, we believe a Level 3 building survey should be considered.
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Council records include a two-storey rear extension at 2 Hawthorne Cottages.
1 application on record at 2 Hawthorne Cottages, Lyth Bank, Shrewsbury, SY3 0BJ
Extension: Two storey · Rear of property
Erection of two storey extension at rear and construction of pitched canopy around existing flat roof
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2 Hawthorne Cottages changed hands twice within eighteen months — unusual for the area.
£363,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 3.7% per year over 12 years.
£297,000
Growth on file: 3.7% per year over 12 years.
27 June 2019Most recent
£297,000
+4.2%over 1 year3 May 2018
£285,000
+1.8%over 1 year8 June 2016
£280,000
+47.4%over 9 years16 March 2007
£190,000
Median price across the last 4 sales in SY3 0BJ: £335,000 (2020–2006).
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Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
160/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Closest school
2.1 km
Longden CofE Primary School. 2 schools nearby.
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