1 Sheerwater Cottage, Sheerwater Road, West Byfleet, KT14 6AB

1 Sheerwater Cottage is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in West Byfleet (KT14 6AB). It has a recorded floor area of 62 m² (around 667 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (May 2022) shows an F (score 35), near the bottom of the EPC scale. When first surveyed in January 2009 the rating was G, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good and main heating went from Very Poor to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 6.3% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£674/sq ft) was about 171.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: October 2022 at £450,000. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. At 62 m² it's 18.4% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (76 m² median across 4 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 75% of similar EPCs).