226a, Bethnal Green Road, Tower Hamlets, London, E2 0AA

226a is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Tower Hamlets, London, London (E2 0AA). It has a recorded floor area of 76 m² (around 818 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (May 2021) shows an E (score 40), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in November 2017 the rating was G, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Poor to Good and lighting went from Average to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on to be used only when there is no heating/hot. At 76 m² this is the 15th smallest of 22 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 25–136 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 (40 versus a best of 80).

It hasn't traded since November 1999, a hold of 27 years that's notably long for the area. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 76 m² the property is well over the postcode median (55 m² across 30 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £433,000 sits 355.8% above the 1999 sale of £95,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£116/sq ft) was about 71.8% below the postcode norm.