81 London Road, Staines Upon Thames, TW18 4HN

81 London Road is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Staines Upon Thames (TW18 4HN). It has a recorded floor area of 71 m² (around 764 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (September 2019) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in November 2008 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Poor to Average and window efficiency went from Very Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 2-band jump.

Held since October 2000 — that's 26 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 1997–2000, sale prices on this property compounded at 24.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £381,000 sits 178.1% above the 2000 sale of £137,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£179/sq ft) was about 39.4% below the postcode norm. At 71 m² it's 24.6% larger than the typical home in the postcode (57 m² median across 34 EPCs). One historical planning record sits against the property in 2005.