5 Hampton Road, Newbury, RG14 6DB

5 Hampton Road is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Newbury (RG14 6DB). It has a recorded floor area of 37 m² (around 398 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (March 2017) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since March 2017. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 93), a 3-band jump.

Held since February 1995 — that's 31 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £246,000 sits 407.2% above the 1995 sale of £48,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£122/sq ft) was about 57.7% below the postcode norm. At 37 m² it sits well below the postcode median (55 m² across 19 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 74% of similar EPCs).