2 Courtleigh Manor, Lady Margaret Road, Ascot, SL5 9QH

2 Courtleigh Manor is a two-bedroom detached house in Ascot (SL5 9QH). It has a recorded floor area of 71 m² (around 764 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band D. At 71 m² this is the 4th smallest of 5 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 53–81 m². The building's EPC ratings span D to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (63 versus a best of 77). The latest certificate (August 2016) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 76).

Held since November 1999 — that's 27 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 71 m² it sits well below the postcode median (164 m² across 34 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £340,000 sits 126.7% above the 1999 sale of £150,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£196/sq ft) was about 52.8% below the postcode norm.