Flat 1, 13 Recreation Road, Guildford, GU1 1HE

Flat 1 is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Guildford (GU1 1HE). It has a recorded floor area of 52 m² (around 560 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (December 2021) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since February 2011. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include a basement.

Held since July 2001 — that's 25 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £233,000 sits 164.8% above the 2001 sale of £88,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£157/sq ft) was about 45% below the postcode norm. At 52 m² it sits well below the postcode median (87 m² across 29 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 72% of similar EPCs).