18 St Martins Drive, Walton On Thames, KT12 3BW

18 St Martins Drive is a four-bedroom detached house in Walton On Thames (KT12 3BW). It has a recorded floor area of 145 m² (around 1561 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (March 2019) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since March 2009. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump.

At 145 m² the property is well over the postcode median (47 m² across 37 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, a conservatory and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2003–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.6% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£561/sq ft) was about 72.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold October 2022 for £875,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.