78a, Thames Side, Staines Upon Thames, TW18 2HF

78a is a detached house in Staines Upon Thames (TW18 2HF). It has a recorded floor area of 223 m² (around 2400 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (March 2025) returns a high B (score 85), putting the home a stone's throw from an A rating. When first surveyed in April 2014 the rating was F, the property has climbed 4 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, roof efficiency went from Average to Very Good and window efficiency went from Average to Good. Main heating runs on electricity.

Held since September 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. At 223 m² the property is well over the postcode median (152 m² across 22 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Today's modelled estimate of £896,000 sits 460% above the 1996 sale of £160,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£67/sq ft) was about 79.8% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2020. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.