18 Meadow Gardens, Staines Upon Thames, TW18 3HE

18 Meadow Gardens is a five-bedroom semi-detached house in Staines Upon Thames (TW18 3HE). It has a recorded floor area of 172 m² (around 1856 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (March 2010) shows a D (score 59), a step below the typical UK home. The latest certificate is from March 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.

Held since March 2008 — that's 18 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 172 m² the property is well over the postcode median (95 m² across 22 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Across 2001–2008, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £584,000 sits 93.1% above the 2008 sale of £302,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£163/sq ft) was about 42.6% below the postcode norm.