18 Hermes Drive, Burnham On Crouch, CM0 8SW

18 Hermes Drive is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Burnham On Crouch (CM0 8SW). It has a recorded floor area of 31 m² (around 334 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band A. At 31 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 16 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 30–69 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the top. On EPC score it ranks first in the building (75 versus a worst of 47). The latest certificate (November 2021) shows a C (score 75), near the top of the C band. When first surveyed in July 2010 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Average to Good, roof efficiency went from Average to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Average. Main heating runs on electricity.

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 7.3% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £151,000 is 13.1% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£400/sq ft) was about 51.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 31 m² it sits well below the postcode median (56 m² across 15 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 73% of similar EPCs). 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Most recent transfer: June 2022 at £133,500. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.