Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
4 Dingle Cottages is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Hanwood, Shrewsbury, Shrewsbury (SY5 8LU). It has a recorded floor area of 83 m² (around 892 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (February 2009) shows an F (score 34), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would push it to E (score 54). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from February 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Last changed hands 12 years ago, in August 2014. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 1998–2014, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £272,000 is 28% above the 2014 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£238/sq ft) was about 66.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
4 Dingle Cottages'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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 01 Feb 2019
Certificate validity
Expired on 1 February 2019
Get a survey for this property
Because the property was built before 1919 and has solid (non-cavity) walls, we believe a Level 3 building survey should be considered.
From £885 · Includes VAT
4 Dingle Cottages has no planning applications on record.
But the area is active
1 notable application nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
Sale price has grown by over 3x since 1998.
£272,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.6% per year over 16 years.
£212,500
Growth on file: 7.6% per year over 16 years.
14 August 2014Most recent
£212,500
+11.8%over 5 years14 May 2009
£190,000
+20.6%over 5 years30 June 2003
£157,500
+135.1%over 4 years20 November 1998
£66,995
Median price across the last 5 sales in SY5 8LU: £140,000 (2024–2008).
On epc rating, 4 Dingle Cottages runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£2,565
Street avg £1,825
Floor Area
83 m²
Street avg 87 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.9 t/year
Street avg 3.8 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.
Nearest stop
2.8 km
Wenlock Edge House — bus stop.
Closest school
1.4 km
St Thomas and St Anne CofE Primary School. 4 schools nearby.
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