5a, Brett Road, Hackney, London, E8 1JP

5a is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Hackney, London, London (E8 1JP). It has a recorded floor area of 46 m² (around 495 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (January 2024) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in October 2011 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 78). At 46 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 16 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 38–118 m². The building's EPC ratings span D to B, with this unit at the bottom. Other recorded features include a balcony.

Sold September 2021 for £468,000. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. Across 2006–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.1% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£945/sq ft) was about 83.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 46 m² it's 22% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (59 m² median across 23 EPCs).