3 Rayleigh Road, Basingstoke, RG21 7TJ

3 Rayleigh Road is a semi-detached house in Basingstoke (RG21 7TJ). It has a recorded floor area of 126 m² (around 1356 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (July 2013) shows an F (score 37), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The rating has held steady at F across 2 certificates since February 2009. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 65), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from July 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 126 m² the property is well over the postcode median (87 m² across 6 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. Most recent transfer: July 2020 at £377,500. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 1998–2020, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £426,000 is 12.8% above the 2020 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£278/sq ft) was about 37.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode.