Flat 4, 3 Brickwood Road, Croydon, CR0 6UL

Flat 4 is an end-of-terrace house in Croydon (CR0 6UL). It has a recorded floor area of 36 m² (around 388 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band B. At 36 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (36–112 m²). The building's EPC ratings span E to D, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (52 versus a best of 66). The latest certificate (March 2018) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 65).

Untraded for 28 years, with the last transfer in September 1998. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 36 m² it sits well below the postcode median (120 m² across 22 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 £186,000 sits 564.3% above the 1998 sale of £28,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£72/sq ft) was about 71.2% below the postcode norm.