Foyle Riding, Red Lane, Oxted, RH8 0RT

Foyle Riding is a three-bedroom detached house in Oxted (RH8 0RT). It has a recorded floor area of 222 m² (around 2390 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band H. The latest certificate (February 2013) shows an F (score 25), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 60), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from February 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since May 2006 — that's 20 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 222 m² the property is well over the postcode median (85 m² across 7 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 8 planning records sit against the property, 5 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2004–2006, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £1,266,000 is 34.7% above the 2006 sale price.