12 The Maltings, Walkern, Stevenage, SG2 7NB

12 The Maltings is a five-bedroom detached house in Walkern, Stevenage, Stevenage (SG2 7NB). It has a recorded floor area of 128 m² (around 1378 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (May 2012) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from May 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 128 m² the property is well over the postcode median (97 m² across 10 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 4 is the typical count. Across 1997–2012, sale prices on this property compounded at 6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £557,000 sits 58.2% above the 2012 sale of £352,000. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2021. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last sold in July 2012, so it's been off the market for around 14 years.