1b, The Danes, Goat Lane, Basingstoke, RG21 7PQ

1b is a semi-detached house in Basingstoke (RG21 7PQ). It has a recorded floor area of 62 m² (around 667 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (March 2014) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 71). The latest certificate is from March 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since February 1999 — that's 27 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. At 62 m² the property is well over the postcode median (34 m² across 53 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £168,000 sits 184.7% above the 1999 sale of £59,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£88/sq ft) was about 55.8% below the postcode norm.