The Lea, Buckingham Close, Ryde, PO33 2DN

The Lea is a four-bedroom detached house in Ryde (PO33 2DN). It has a recorded floor area of 142 m² (around 1528 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (June 2013) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 74). The latest certificate is from June 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a conservatory.

It hasn't traded since July 1997, a hold of 29 years that's notably long for the area. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 142 m² the property is well over the postcode median (99 m² across 12 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £473,000 sits 237.9% above the 1997 sale of £140,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£92/sq ft) was about 66.6% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2007. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.