1 The Capels, The Broadway, Laleham, Staines Upon Thames, TW18 1SB

1 The Capels is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Laleham, Staines-Upon-Thames, Staines Upon Thames (TW18 1SB). It has a recorded floor area of 66 m² (around 710 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (October 2020) shows an E (score 41), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in September 2009 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Good and main heating went from Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. At 66 m² this is the 3rd smallest of 4 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 50–67 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (41 versus a best of 70).

One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2010. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 66 m² it's 28.4% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (92 m² median across 16 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 88% of similar EPCs). Across 2007–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.9% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£493/sq ft) was about 67.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £350,000 in November 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.