1 Melville Court, Guildown Road, Guildford, GU2 4ER

1 Melville Court is an end-of-terrace house in Guildford (GU2 4ER). It has a recorded floor area of 52 m² (around 560 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (July 2019) shows a D (score 56), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in August 2009 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 73). Main heating runs on electricity. At 52 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 3 units on EPC record in 1 Melville Court, where floor areas span 50–65 m². On EPC score it ranks last in the building (56 versus a best of 62).

Held since May 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 £216,000 sits 109.7% above the 2001 sale of £103,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£184/sq ft) was about 44.1% below the postcode norm.