French Garden, Flat 5, 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 31 m² (around 334 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band B. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (June 2024) shows a D (score 57), a step below the typical UK home. Earlier certificates rated it C (June 2018); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Good to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average and roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 80). Main heating runs on electricity. Other recorded features include a loft.

At 31 m² it sits well below the postcode median (94 m² across 31 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Across 2019–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 55.2% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£599/sq ft) was about 108.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold January 2021 for £200,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.