39 Fairdale Gardens, Hayes, UB3 3JB

39 Fairdale Gardens is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Hayes (UB3 3JB). It has a recorded floor area of 142 m² (around 1528 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (November 2020) shows a C (score 70). The rating has held steady at C across 2 certificates since March 2016. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average and lighting dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 81).

It hasn't traded since May 2007, a hold of 19 years that's notably long for the area. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 142 m² the property is well over the postcode median (95 m² across 18 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 78% of similar EPCs). Across 2006–2007, sale prices on this property compounded at 17.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £481,000 sits 92.4% above the 2007 sale of £250,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£164/sq ft) was about 18.3% below the postcode norm.