61 High Street, Wallingford, OX10 0DB

61 High Street is a seven-bedroom detached house in Wallingford (OX10 0DB). It has a recorded floor area of 311 m² (around 3348 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (May 2012) shows an E (score 40), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since March 2009. Between certificates, window efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and lighting dropped from Very Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 62). The latest certificate is from May 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Untraded for 18 years, with the last transfer in March 2008. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 311 m² the property is well over the postcode median (81 m² across 13 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 7 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £1,379,000 sits 118.9% above the 2008 sale of £630,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£188/sq ft) was about 38.6% below the postcode norm. 4 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 2 refused.