5b, High Street, Staines Upon Thames, TW18 4QY

5b is a mid-terrace house in Staines Upon Thames (TW18 4QY). It has a recorded floor area of 54 m² (around 581 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (January 2026) shows a D (score 59), a step below the typical UK home. Earlier certificates rated it C (February 2018); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 94), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. This certificate was lodged in the last six months, so the rating reflects current condition.

Today's modelled estimate of £216,000 is 56.8% below the 2021 sale of £500,000, below the original sale price, which typically signals condition or completion-status changes worth verifying. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£860/sq ft) was about 116% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 54 m² it's 17.4% larger than the typical home in the postcode (46 m² median across 10 EPCs). Most recent transfer: May 2021 at £500,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.