8 Banks Way, Guildford, GU4 7NL

8 Banks Way is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Guildford (GU4 7NL). It has a recorded floor area of 41 m² (around 441 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (February 2019) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in October 2012 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Good, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and main heating dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

Held since December 2004 — that's 21 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Across 2002–2004, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £252,000 sits 62.6% above the 2004 sale of £155,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£351/sq ft) was about 17.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 41 m² it sits well below the postcode median (70 m² across 27 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 89% of similar EPCs).