Poynings, Ellington Road, Taplow, Maidenhead, SL6 0BA

Poynings is a four-bedroom detached house in Taplow, Maidenhead, Maidenhead (SL6 0BA). It has a recorded floor area of 204 m² (around 2196 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (April 2014) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 74), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from April 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since August 2007 — that's 19 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 204 m² the property is well over the postcode median (155 m² across 11 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 82% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £844,000 sits 98.6% above the 2007 sale of £425,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£194/sq ft) was about 39.6% below the postcode norm. 4 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 1 refused.