5 Amber Court, Laleham Road, Staines Upon Thames, TW18 2DZ

5 Amber Court is an end-of-terrace house in Staines Upon Thames (TW18 2DZ). It has a recorded floor area of 37 m² (around 398 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band B. At 37 m² this is the 8th smallest of 12 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 31–38 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to D, with this unit at the top. The latest certificate (September 2021) shows a D (score 57), a step below the typical UK home. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since July 2011. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 37 m² it's 15.6% larger than the typical home in the postcode (32 m² median across 11 EPCs). Across 1995–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.4% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£457/sq ft) was about 21% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: January 2022 at £182,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.