Laburnum Cottage, Shrewsbury Road, Bomere Heath, Shrewsbury, SY4 3NX
About Laburnum Cottage
Laburnum Cottage is a three-bedroom detached house in Bomere Heath, Shrewsbury, Shrewsbury (SY4 3NX). It has a recorded floor area of 102 m² (around 1098 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (June 2021) shows an E (score 40), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 3-band jump.
It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 80% of similar EPCs). Across 2003–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 4% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£319/sq ft) was about 95.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: November 2021 at £350,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Already flagged here
Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms1
- Dining roomYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- GarageYes
Energy performance
Laburnum Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Laburnum Cottage has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
1applications of note in the surrounding area
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Independent checks surfaced things a buyer would want to understand before offering. The report explains each one in full, with the underlying data and what to ask.
- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Laburnum Cottage has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 2003.
£367,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.0% per year over 19 years.
£350,000
Growth on file: 4.0% per year over 19 years.
Sales timeline
26 November 2021Most recent
£350,000
+40.0%over 14 years10 May 2007
£250,000
+49.7%over 4 years12 February 2003
£167,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SY4 3NX: £270,000 (2025–2017).
Nearby sales in SY4 3NX
1 Shrewsbury Road, Bomere Heath, Shrewsbury, SY4 3NX
Sold Mar 2025
£315,00027 Shrewsbury Road, Bomere Heath, Shrewsbury, SY4 3NX
Sold Jul 2024
£250,00023 Shrewsbury Road, Bomere Heath, Shrewsbury, SY4 3NX
Sold Aug 2023
£270,0007 Shrewsbury Road, Bomere Heath, Shrewsbury, SY4 3NX
Sold Sept 2020
£382,50013 Shrewsbury Road, Bomere Heath, Shrewsbury, SY4 3NX
Sold Jan 2015
£185,000
Everything we know about Laburnum Cottage, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby
Versus other Shrewsbury Road homes
Price per m² for Laburnum Cottage runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,431
Street avg £2,118
Floor Area
102 m²
Street avg 102 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
8.4 t/year
Street avg 5.2 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
1/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Closest school
0.2 km
Bomere Heath Church of England Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.8dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.5dB