5 Barrington Drive, Basingstoke, RG24 9RS

5 Barrington Drive is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Basingstoke (RG24 9RS). It has a recorded floor area of 53 m² (around 574 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2003-2006 and council tax band C. At 53 m² this is the 7th smallest of 29 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 32–147 m². The building's EPC ratings span D to B, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (67 versus a best of 85). The latest certificate (February 2012) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. Earlier certificates rated it C (November 2008); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Average; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Poor to Very Poor. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from February 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 53 m² it sits well below the postcode median (120 m² across 28 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2006–2021, sale prices here grew 0.4% per year, broadly in step with England's 0% HPI growth. Sold September 2021 for £167,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.