5 Hythe Road, Staines Upon Thames, TW18 3ED

5 Hythe Road is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Staines Upon Thames (TW18 3ED). It has a recorded floor area of 120 m² (around 1292 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (September 2022) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in December 2008 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good and main heating went from Average to Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump.

Held since October 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 120 m² the property is well over the postcode median (79 m² across 30 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £531,000 sits 490% above the 1996 sale of £90,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£70/sq ft) was about 76.8% below the postcode norm.