Kensington, Lady Margaret Road, Ascot, SL5 9QH

Kensington is a five-bedroom detached house in Ascot (SL5 9QH). It has a recorded floor area of 345 m² (around 3714 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2003-2006 and council tax band H. The latest certificate (May 2024) shows a C (score 77), near the top of the C band. When first surveyed in May 2014 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 84).

Held since April 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 345 m² the property is well over the postcode median (142 m² across 34 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £2,330,000 sits 170.9% above the 1999 sale of £860,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£232/sq ft) was about 44.3% below the postcode norm.