7 High Street, Oxted, RH8 9LN

7 High Street is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Oxted (RH8 9LN). It has a recorded floor area of 140 m² (around 1507 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (April 2025) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in May 2015 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump.

Untraded for 24 years, with the last transfer in January 2002. At 140 m² the property is well over the postcode median (74 m² across 26 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 1996–2002, sale prices on this property compounded at 11.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £678,000 sits 188.5% above the 2002 sale of £235,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£156/sq ft) was about 57.4% below the postcode norm. 5 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include an extension and tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.