18 Buckfast Close, Basingstoke, RG24 9HD

18 Buckfast Close is an end-of-terrace house in Basingstoke (RG24 9HD). It has a recorded floor area of 92 m² (around 990 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (August 2014) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since March 2014. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Average; while wall efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and lighting dropped from Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from August 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since May 1998 — that's 28 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. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £285,000 sits 313% above the 1998 sale of £69,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£70/sq ft) was about 51% below the postcode norm.