Rook View House, Rookery Road, Staines Upon Thames, TW18 1BT

Rook View House is a detached house in Staines Upon Thames (TW18 1BT). It has a recorded floor area of 197 m² (around 2120 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (September 2015) shows a D (score 56), a step below the typical UK home. The rating has held steady at D across 4 certificates since May 2014. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 72). The latest certificate is from September 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 197 m² the property is well over the postcode median (70 m² across 16 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Sold June 2021 for £800,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. 4 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2003–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £918,000 is 14.7% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£377/sq ft) was about 54.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode.