3 Hope Cottages, Upper Green Road, St Helens, Ryde, PO33 1UJ

3 Hope Cottages is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in St. Helens, Ryde, Ryde (PO33 1UJ). It has a recorded floor area of 53 m² (around 570 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (October 2021) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 3 certificates since May 2009. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, window efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Average to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 2-band jump. Period features are noted in the property record.

Held since November 2009 — that's 17 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale fell during the post-crash dip, which often skews comparisons against later neighbouring sales. At 53 m² it sits well below the postcode median (84 m² across 11 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Across 1997–2009, sale prices on this property compounded at 9.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £210,000 is 38.2% above the 2009 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£266/sq ft) was about 31.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode.