The Pippins, Dummer Road, Axford, Basingstoke, RG25 2ED

The Pippins is a five-bedroom detached house in Axford, Basingstoke, Basingstoke (RG25 2ED). It has a recorded floor area of 264 m² (around 2842 sq ft) and council tax band F. The latest certificate (December 2014) shows a C (score 76), near the top of the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 90). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from December 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since September 2007 — that's 19 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 264 m² the property is well over the postcode median (129 m² across 4 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 75% of similar EPCs). 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £1,083,000 sits 73.3% above the 2007 sale of £625,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£220/sq ft) was about 34.6% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.