Red House, Flat 5, West Road, Guildford, GU1 2AR

Red House is a three-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Guildford (GU1 2AR). It has a recorded floor area of 93 m² (around 1002 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. At 93 m² this is the largest unit on EPC record across Red House (64–93 m²). The building's EPC ratings span F to D, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (33 versus a best of 58). The latest certificate (July 2011) shows an F (score 33), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The rating has held steady at F across 2 certificates since August 2010. The recommended improvements would push it to E (score 49). The latest certificate is from July 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Untraded for 24 years, with the last transfer in March 2002. At 93 m² the property is well over the postcode median (66 m² across 4 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £396,000 sits 106.3% above the 2002 sale of £192,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£192/sq ft) was about 38.8% below the postcode norm.