13b, Bylands, Woking, GU22 7LA

13b is a detached house in Woking (GU22 7LA). It has a recorded floor area of 160 m² (around 1722 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (May 2012) returns a B (score 81), comfortably above the UK average. When first surveyed in February 2010 the rating was D, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Good to Very Good, roof efficiency went from Average to Good and window efficiency went from Average to Good. The latest certificate is from May 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since March 2000 — that's 26 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 £1,077,000 sits 132.6% above the 2000 sale of £463,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£269/sq ft) was about 30.1% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works, an extension and a garage conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 160 m² it's 15.6% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (190 m² median across 14 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 86% of similar EPCs).