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

8 Amber Court is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Staines Upon Thames (TW18 2DZ). It has a recorded floor area of 38 m² (around 409 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (October 2019) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since April 2009. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while main heating dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

It hasn't traded since April 1996, a hold of 30 years that's notably long for the area. 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 £193,000 sits 388.6% above the 1996 sale of £39,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£97/sq ft) was about 71.5% below the postcode norm. At 38 m² it's 18.8% larger than the typical home in the postcode (32 m² median across 11 EPCs).