40 Cobbett Close, Enfield, EN3 6QT

40 Cobbett Close is an end-of-terrace house in Enfield (EN3 6QT). It has a recorded floor area of 28 m² (around 301 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band B. At 28 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (28–89 m²). The building's EPC ratings span E to B, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (August 2018) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since August 2011. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Good and window efficiency went from Very Poor to Average; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and lighting dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 28 m² it's 26.3% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (38 m² median across 47 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Most recent transfer: August 2022 at £156,000. 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 1998–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.2% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£518/sq ft) was about 158% above the typical sold price in the postcode.