5 Croston Street, Hackney, London, E8 4PQ

5 Croston Street is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Hackney, London, London (E8 4PQ). It has a recorded floor area of 73 m² (around 786 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. At 73 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (73–119 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 (44 versus a best of 74). Other recorded features include a basement. Period features are noted in the property record. The latest certificate (October 2017) shows an E (score 44), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 66).

At 73 m² it's 25.5% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (98 m² median across 11 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Last changed hands 8 years ago, in February 2018. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 1998–2018, sale prices on this property compounded at 10.7% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£954/sq ft) was about 131.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2009.