4 Capel Cottages, Highland Drive, Oakley, Basingstoke, RG23 7LF

4 Capel Cottages is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Oakley, Basingstoke, Basingstoke (RG23 7LF). It has a recorded floor area of 65 m² (around 700 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (October 2020) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. When first surveyed in April 2010 the rating was E, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Good and window efficiency went from Average to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average and lighting dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 86).

Across 2007–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 3% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£500/sq ft) was about 72.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 65 m² it's 19.8% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (81 m² median across 19 EPCs). 2 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. Most recent transfer: January 2021 at £350,125. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.