Shearwater Court, Flat 52, Star Place, Tower Hamlets, London, E1W 1AD

Shearwater Court is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Tower Hamlets, London, London (E1W 1AD). It has a recorded floor area of 60 m² (around 646 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band F. At 60 m² this is the 5th smallest of 17 units on EPC record in Shearwater Court, where floor areas span 48–376 m². The building's EPC ratings span D to B, with this unit at the bottom. Other recorded features include a balcony. Period features are noted in the property record. The latest certificate (May 2022) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. Earlier certificates rated it B (November 2010); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 74). Main heating runs on electricity.

Across 1999–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £731,000 is 14.2% below the 2022 sale of £852,000, below the original sale price, which typically signals condition or completion-status changes worth verifying. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£1,319/sq ft) was about 194.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 60 m² it sits well below the postcode median (86 m² across 16 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 88% of similar EPCs). Last sale on file: £852,000 in October 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.