Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
5 Wrekin Dove Close is a four-bedroom detached house in Bowbrook, Shrewsbury, Shrewsbury (SY5 8QJ). It has a recorded floor area of 132 m² (around 1421 sq ft). The latest certificate (August 2018) returns a B (score 84), comfortably above the UK average. The recommended improvements would push it to A (score 93).
At 132 m² it's 17.9% larger than the typical home in the postcode (112 m² median across 25 EPCs). Across 2019–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.3% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£299/sq ft) was about 20.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: September 2021 at £425,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Certificate validity
Valid until 22 August 2028
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5 Wrekin Dove Close 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.
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£465,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.3% per year over 2 years.
£425,000
Growth on file: 5.3% per year over 2 years.
2 September 2021Most recent
£425,000
+13.3%over 2 years28 March 2019
£374,995
Median price across the last 5 sales in SY5 8QJ: £325,000 (2025–2021).
19 Wrekin Dove Close, Bowbrook, Shrewsbury, SY5 8QJ
Sold Oct 2025
1 Wrekin Dove Close, Bowbrook, Shrewsbury, SY5 8QJ
Sold Feb 2025
2 Wrekin Dove Close, Bowbrook, Shrewsbury, SY5 8QJ
Sold Aug 2024
10 Wrekin Dove Close, Bowbrook, Shrewsbury, SY5 8QJ
Sold Dec 2021
22 Wrekin Dove Close, Bowbrook, Shrewsbury, SY5 8QJ
Sold Sept 2021
On price per m², 5 Wrekin Dove Close stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£3,220
Street avg £2,532
Floor Area
132 m²
Street avg 116 m²
CO₂ Emissions
2.1 t/year
Street avg 1.8 t/year
Years Held
5 years
Street avg 7 years
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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
0.7 km
Wenlock Edge House — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Bowbrook Primary School. 10 schools nearby.
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