High Lea, Field Lane, St Helens, Ryde, PO33 1UY

High Lea is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in St. Helens, Ryde, Ryde (PO33 1UY). It has a recorded floor area of 87 m² (around 936 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1930-1949. The latest certificate (June 2022) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in February 2010 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Poor to Average, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 80).

At 87 m² the property is well over the postcode median (40 m² across 19 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 84% of similar EPCs). One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2021. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2014–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.7% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£432/sq ft) was about 64.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £405,000 in November 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.