Harefield, River Road, Taplow, Maidenhead, SL6 0BG

Harefield is a detached house in Taplow, Maidenhead, Maidenhead (SL6 0BG). It has a recorded floor area of 39 m² (around 420 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band H. The latest certificate (May 2021) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in August 2010 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Very Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 87), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

Today's modelled estimate of £909,000 is 82.8% below the 2021 sale of £5,300,000, an unusual pattern given regional price growth and worth checking against the EPC condition. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£12,625/sq ft) was about 4040.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 39 m² it sits well below the postcode median (257 m² across 16 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Last sale on file: £5,300,000 in October 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.