1 Rickson Villas, Upper Green Road, St Helens, Ryde, PO33 1UQ

1 Rickson Villas is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in St. Helens, Ryde, Ryde (PO33 1UQ). It has a recorded floor area of 110 m² (around 1184 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (May 2014) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since July 2011. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and lighting dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from May 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 110 m² the property is well over the postcode median (69 m² across 15 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 73% of similar EPCs). 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, a garage conversion and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1995–2012, sale prices on this property compounded at 11.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £384,000 is 18.2% above the 2012 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£274/sq ft) was about 167.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On the market in January 2012 and unlisted since — roughly 14 years.