7 Downsland Road, Basingstoke, RG21 8TU

7 Downsland Road is a semi-detached house in Basingstoke (RG21 8TU). It has a recorded floor area of 79 m² (around 850 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (March 2023) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since September 2012. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and main heating dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 74), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. At 79 m² this is the 13th smallest of 32 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 64–136 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to B across 32 units on file.

Held since October 2003 — that's 23 years off the open market, well above the local norm. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 1999–2003, sale prices on this property compounded at 9.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £270,000 is 16.4% above the 2003 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£273/sq ft) was about 28.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode.