5 Bankside, Woking, GU21 3DY

5 Bankside is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Woking (GU21 3DY). It has a recorded floor area of 49 m² (around 527 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band C. At 49 m² this is the 16th smallest of 27 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 41–90 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (January 2022) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on to be used only when there is no heating/hot.

Held since February 2005 — that's 21 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 1997–2005, sale prices on this property compounded at 13.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £237,000 sits 58.1% above the 2005 sale of £149,950. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£284/sq ft) was about 18.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 77% of similar EPCs).