17 Clarence Close, Barnet, EN4 8AD

17 Clarence Close is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Barnet (EN4 8AD). It has a recorded floor area of 22 m² (around 237 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band B. At 22 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (22–89 m²). The building's EPC ratings span E to B across 68 units on file. The latest certificate (January 2025) shows a D (score 58), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in August 2013 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Good and roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Average; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 22 m² it sits well below the postcode median (51 m² across 67 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. On the market in April 2018 and unlisted since — roughly 8 years. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 1999–2018, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.2% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£984/sq ft) was about 235.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode.