Flat 1, 40 Recreation Road, Guildford, GU1 1HP

Flat 1 is an end-of-terrace house in Guildford (GU1 1HP). It has a recorded floor area of 33 m² (around 355 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (December 2018) shows an E (score 45), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in December 2017 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. At 33 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 4 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 27–40 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 (45 versus a best of 77).

At 33 m² it sits well below the postcode median (83 m² across 17 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement.