Estimated value today£211klast sold £200,000, 2024 · likely £192k–£229k
Energy ratingD2014 certificate, could be B
Energy bills, a year£918about £77 a month at 2026 prices
Price per m²£3,345/m²neighbourhood typical £3,061/m²
See 8, Swallowdale from the street and the air
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What would improve this home
Its 2014 energy certificate recommends 7 measures, which together could take it from D to B. All of them together typically cost £14.4k–£23.7k.
Cavity wall insulationtypically £500–£1.5k
Floor insulationtypically £1.2k–£1.2k
Low energy lightingtypically £40–£40
New condensing boilertypically £2.2k–£3k
Solar water heatingtypically £4k–£6k
Solar panels (electricity)typically £5k–£8k
Wind turbinetypically £1.5k–£4k
In the order the certificate lists them (usually cheapest and most effective first). Costs are the median of the ranges quoted on certificates across England and Wales, not quotes for this home. Grants may help: check the government's home energy grants service.
What's it worth with your changes?
Sale records can't see extensions, conversions or condition. Tell us what's changed since 2024 and we'll adjust the estimate, with a range that shows how sure we can be.
Low£196k
Likely£211k
High£226k
Starting value (our estimate)£211k
Range includes ±7% for the estimate itself. Effects are typical ranges, not this home's: a surveyor or local agent who sees it will do better. Work done before 2024 is already in the price. Evidence: of 573,662 homes we saw extended on their energy certificates (median +30 m²), the 123,110 that sold before and after grew a median 10.9% more than their neighbourhood: about a third of the extra space at the home's average price per m².
The home
Type
Semi-detached
Tenure
Freehold
Floor area
63 m² (678 sq ft), 5 habitable rooms
Built
1967-1975
Main heating fuel
gas
Sales since 1995
£200k (2024)
The estimate moves the last sale in line with the neighbourhood's like-for-like price index. It can't see extensions, condition or the market for this particular home: it is not a valuation.
A £1,535B £1,791C £2,047D £2,303E £2,814F £3,326G £3,838H £4,605
From the 2014 energy certificate, rescaled to 2026 gas and electricity prices (approximate national averages). Appliances, cooking and standing charges are not included; actual bills depend on how you live.
Getting about
Nearest station
Stafford, 3.7 km (busiest route: London Euston)
Central London
195 km as the crow flies
Large employment centre
27 min by public transport · 13 by car
Town centre
27 min by public transport or walking
Commuting by train/Tube
1% of local workers · 36% mostly work from home
Airport
Birmingham, 43 km
Everyday life
Weekly shop
food store about 7 min without a car
GP surgery
about 14 min
A&E
New Cross Hospital, 21 km (CQC: Requires improvement)
Top-rated primaries
Berkswich CofE (VC) Primary School (0.7 km), Leasowes Primary School (0.7 km)
Top-rated secondaries
none within 6 km
Eating out
5 restaurants and cafés, 6 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood
School distances are straight lines; admissions depend on each school's catchment and criteria.
£978 a month for a 3-bedroom home in Stafford (2026-08)
Gross yield
5.6% on the estimated value
Letting rules
rated D: meets the current E minimum
Council-wide average rents (ONS Price Index of Private Rents); bedrooms estimated from the certificate's habitable rooms. Before costs, voids, tax and mortgage interest.
Planning and development
Conservation area
not in one (postcode check)
Article 4 direction
none recorded
Brownfield sites in the neighbourhood
none on the register
This home extended?
no extension seen on its energy certificates
Extensions on the street
0 other homes on Swallowdale (within 250 m) extended
Company landlords
1.6% of homes in the neighbourhood are owned by companies (HM Land Registry, Oct 2026)
New homes completed 2021–2025
15 in the neighbourhood
Questions to raise
Generated from the facts above, as prompts for your solicitor, surveyor or the agent. Not legal advice.
Old energy certificateThe latest certificate we matched is from 2014; certificates last 10 years. The seller needs a current one, and it may differ.
For every purchaseCommission a survey suited to the home's age and condition, check the title plan matches what you see on the ground (boundaries, access, parking), and ask about disputes with neighbours, rights of way and shared drives.