2 Benham Road, Basingstoke, RG24 9TJ

2 Benham Road is a four-bedroom mid-terrace house in Basingstoke (RG24 9TJ). It has a recorded floor area of 60 m² (around 642 sq ft) and council tax band E. The latest certificate (January 2009) returns a high B (score 85), putting the home a stone's throw from an A rating. When first surveyed in January 2009 the rating was C, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Good. The latest certificate is from January 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. At 60 m² this is the 4th smallest of 52 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 54–157 m². The building's EPC ratings span D to B, with this unit at the top.

It hasn't traded since June 2010, a hold of 16 years that's notably long for the area. At 60 m² it sits well below the postcode median (91 m² across 51 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 71% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £411,000 is 28.4% above the 2010 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£498/sq ft) was about 83.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode.