French Garden, Flat 4, Field Common Lane, Walton On Thames, KT12 3QH

French Garden is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Walton On Thames (KT12 3QH). It has a recorded floor area of 39 m² (around 420 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band C. Tenure is freehold. At 39 m² this is the 3rd smallest of 5 units on EPC record in French Garden, where floor areas span 31–108 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (53 versus a best of 74). Other recorded features include a loft. The latest certificate (June 2021) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (August 2010); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to 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 C (score 79), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 39 m² it sits well below the postcode median (94 m² across 31 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2003–2018, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £215,000 is 10.3% above the 2018 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£465/sq ft) was about 58.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sold in February 2018, so it's been off the market for around 8 years.