Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
The Mount is a detached house in Pontesbury, Shrewsbury, Shrewsbury (SY5 0QJ). It has a recorded floor area of 232 m² (around 2497 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (June 2013) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from June 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 232 m² the property is well over the postcode median (106 m² across 9 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 89% of similar EPCs). 4 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2000–2013, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £717,000 is 35% above the 2013 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£213/sq ft) was about 39.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On the market in October 2013 and unlisted since — roughly 13 years.
The Mount's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 02 Jun 2023
Certificate validity
Expired on 2 June 2023
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Council records include a two-storey side extension at The Mount.
4 applications on record at The Mount, Minsterley Road, Pontesbury, Shrewsbury, SY5 0QJ
Extension: Two storey · Side of property
Erection of a two storey side extension following demolition of existing lean-to
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Latest sale on The Mount was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£717,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.2% per year over 13 years.
£531,000
Growth on file: 7.2% per year over 13 years.
22 October 2013Most recent
£531,000
+152.9%over 13 years18 May 2000
£210,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SY5 0QJ: £270,000 (2025–2014).
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Floor Area for The Mount runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£2,289
Street avg £2,204
Floor Area
232 m²
Street avg 115 m²
Habitable Rooms
9 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
11.0 t/year
Street avg 5.8 t/year
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Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
70/mo
Falling year-on-year across the wider district.
Closest school
0.9 km
Pontesbury CofE Primary School. 3 schools nearby.
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