3 Rugby Close, Harrow, HA1 1UB

3 Rugby Close is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Harrow (HA1 1UB). It has a recorded floor area of 100 m² (around 1077 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (July 2009) shows an F (score 38), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 58), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from July 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since April 2006 — that's 20 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 100 m² the property is well over the postcode median (24 m² across 8 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 88% of similar EPCs). 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £513,000 sits 66.6% above the 2006 sale of £308,000. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.