5 Dunstan Court, Leacroft, Staines Upon Thames, TW18 4NX

5 Dunstan Court is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Staines Upon Thames (TW18 4NX). It has a recorded floor area of 39 m² (around 420 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band C. At 39 m² this is the 9th smallest of 13 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 20–51 m². The building's EPC ratings span D to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (57 versus a best of 78). The latest certificate (September 2014) shows a D (score 57), a step below the typical UK home. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from September 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

It hasn't traded since December 1997, a hold of 28 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. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £176,000 sits 208.8% above the 1997 sale of £57,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£136/sq ft) was about 55.4% below the postcode norm.