1 Rectory Court, Marlborough Road, Aldbourne, Marlborough, SN8 2DD

1 Rectory Court is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Aldbourne, Marlborough, Marlborough (SN8 2DD). It has a recorded floor area of 43 m² (around 463 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (June 2025) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since June 2010. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 93), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. Other recorded features include outbuildings.

Held since April 2011 — that's 15 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 6.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £217,000 sits 66.9% above the 2011 sale of £130,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£281/sq ft) was about 20.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 43 m² it sits well below the postcode median (126 m² across 9 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 78% of similar EPCs). 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. 3 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.