Flat 1, 4 Gloucester Square, Hackney, London, E2 8RS

Flat 1 is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Hackney, London, London (E2 8RS). It has a recorded floor area of 57 m² (around 614 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. At 57 m² this is the 7th smallest of 8 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 39–67 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 (54 versus a best of 79). The latest certificate (October 2020) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2001–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.8% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£905/sq ft) was about 129.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: June 2022 at £555,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.