Curlew House, Flat 9, Alamein Road, Burnham On Crouch, CM0 8GH

Curlew House is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Burnham On Crouch (CM0 8GH). It has a recorded floor area of 28 m² (around 301 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band B. At 28 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across Curlew House (28–50 m²). The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (50 versus a best of 74). The home occupies a cul-de-sac position. The latest certificate (February 2022) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it C (October 2009); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Good to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and window efficiency dropped from Very Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 59). Main heating runs on electricity.

Untraded for 16 years, with the last transfer in August 2010. At 28 m² it sits well below the postcode median (43 m² across 9 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £143,000 sits 58.9% above the 2010 sale of £90,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£299/sq ft) was about 67.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode.