8 Argyll Street, Ryde, PO33 3BZ

8 Argyll Street is a five-bedroom detached house in Ryde (PO33 3BZ). It has a recorded floor area of 205 m² (around 2207 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (November 2023) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since October 2012. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Average to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 3-band jump. Other recorded features include a balcony, outbuildings and attached land beyond the plot.

At 205 m² the property is well over the postcode median (106 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. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. It changed hands recently, sold February 2025 for £450,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 2000–2025, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.8% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£204/sq ft) was about 45.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2016.