Flat 2, 14 Recreation Road, Guildford, GU1 1HE

Flat 2 is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Guildford (GU1 1HE). It has a recorded floor area of 88 m² (around 947 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (September 2020) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 78). The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.

Held since February 1998 — that's 29 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £321,000 sits 260.7% above the 1998 sale of £89,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£94/sq ft) was about 67.1% below the postcode norm.