Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
3 White Horse Cottages is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Pontesbury, Shrewsbury, Shrewsbury (SY5 0SB). It has a recorded floor area of 80 m² (around 861 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (April 2018) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. When first surveyed in September 2009 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 87).
At 80 m² it's 18.5% larger than the typical home in the postcode (68 m² median across 8 EPCs). Across 2012–2018, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £223,000 is 39.4% above the 2018 sale price. Sold November 2018 for £159,995.
Certificate validity
Valid until 11 April 2028
Changes detected from historical EPC data
More low energy lighting installed
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3 White Horse Cottages has no planning applications on record.
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1 notable application nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
3 White Horse Cottages valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£223,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.9% per year over 7 years.
£159,995
Growth on file: 4.9% per year over 7 years.
16 November 2018Most recent
£159,995
+39.1%over 6 years11 January 2012
£115,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SY5 0SB: £220,000 (2025–2019).
2 White Horse Cottages, Carver Street, Pontesbury, Shrewsbury, SY5 0SB
Sold Sept 2025
Laburnum Cottage, Carver Street, Pontesbury, Shrewsbury, SY5 0SB
Sold Apr 2024
Willow Cottage, Carver Street, Pontesbury, Shrewsbury, SY5 0SB
Sold Aug 2023
1 White Horse Cottages, Carver Street, Pontesbury, Shrewsbury, SY5 0SB
Sold Dec 2020
4 White Horse Cottages, Carver Street, Pontesbury, Shrewsbury, SY5 0SB
Sold Dec 2019
Price per m² for 3 White Horse Cottages lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,000
Street avg £2,938
Floor Area
80 m²
Street avg 73 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
2.9 t/year
Street avg 3.2 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
0.6 km
Pontesbury CofE Primary School. 3 schools nearby.
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Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
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