Neuk House, Bath Road, Taplow, Maidenhead, SL6 0AP

Neuk House is a seven-bedroom detached house in Taplow, Maidenhead, Maidenhead (SL6 0AP). It has a recorded floor area of 193 m² (around 2077 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (July 2015) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in April 2009 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from July 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe. Period features are noted in the property record. It has already been extended once and our model flags further extension potential, a sign of buyer flexibility.

Held since April 2009 — that's 17 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale fell during the post-crash dip, which often skews comparisons against later neighbouring sales. At 193 m² the property is well over the postcode median (137 m² across 11 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 7 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £819,000 sits 134% above the 2009 sale of £350,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£168/sq ft) was about 32.8% below the postcode norm.