2 Fir Tree Cottages, London Road, Rake, Liss, GU33 7PQ

2 Fir Tree Cottages is a three-bedroom mid-terrace house in Rake, Liss, Liss (GU33 7PQ). It has a recorded floor area of 75 m² (around 807 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (September 2020) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in October 2008 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Poor to Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average and hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

Held since August 1999 — that's 27 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 £348,000 sits 249.7% above the 1999 sale of £99,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£123/sq ft) was about 56.7% below the postcode norm. At 75 m² it sits well below the postcode median (134 m² across 18 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally.