Burns Court 1a, Flat 1, Carrington Gardens, Woodford Road, Newham, London, E7 0EH

Burns Court 1a is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Newham, London, London (E7 0EH). It has a recorded floor area of 47 m² (around 506 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (October 2020) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in June 2016 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Poor to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 72), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

It hasn't traded since November 1997, a hold of 28 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 47 m² it's 25.4% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (63 m² median across 9 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £328,000 sits 837.1% above the 1997 sale of £35,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£69/sq ft) was about 82.2% below the postcode norm.