9 Cherry Tree Avenue, Staines Upon Thames, TW18 1JB

9 Cherry Tree Avenue is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Staines Upon Thames (TW18 1JB). It has a recorded floor area of 76 m² (around 818 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (July 2015) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from July 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since February 1996 — that's 30 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £499,000 sits 539.7% above the 1996 sale of £78,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£95/sq ft) was about 66.9% below the postcode norm. At 76 m² it sits well below the postcode median (113 m² across 13 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally.