Oakwood, Clayhill Road, Leigh, Reigate, RH2 8PB

Oakwood is a five-bedroom detached house in Leigh, Reigate, Reigate (RH2 8PB). It has a recorded floor area of 319 m² (around 3435 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (October 2010) shows an F (score 36), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 61), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from October 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 8% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £1,878,000 is 44.5% above the 2011 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£378/sq ft) was about 21.3% below the postcode norm. At 319 m² the property is well over the postcode median (93 m² across 9 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. On the market in November 2011 and unlisted since — roughly 15 years. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2014. Past consents include an extension, a porch and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.