3 Aspen Close, Staines Upon Thames, TW18 4SW

3 Aspen Close is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Staines Upon Thames (TW18 4SW). It has a recorded floor area of 48 m² (around 514 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (October 2010) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 73). Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from October 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since March 1998 — that's 28 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. Today's modelled estimate of £261,000 sits 295.8% above the 1998 sale of £65,950. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£128/sq ft) was about 59.6% below the postcode norm.