26 Kingham Road, Wareside, Ware, SG12 7SB

26 Kingham Road is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Wareside, Ware, Ware (SG12 7SB). It has a recorded floor area of 48 m² (around 517 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (February 2022) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in April 2009 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Average to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 78). Main heating runs on electricity. At 48 m² this is the 11th smallest of 31 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 45–96 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to B across 31 units on file.

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 4.7% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£422/sq ft) was about 76.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: August 2022 at £218,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. At 48 m² it's 25% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (64 m² median across 30 EPCs).