229 Forest Road, Waltham Forest, London, E17 6HD

229 Forest Road is a detached house in Waltham Forest, London, London (E17 6HD). It has a recorded floor area of 28 m² (around 301 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (February 2014) shows an F (score 27), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 73), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on to be used only when there is no heating/hot. The latest certificate is from February 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. At 28 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 33 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 16–88 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to B, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (27 versus a best of 82).

At 28 m² it sits well below the postcode median (45 m² across 37 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.