First Floor Flat, 21 Elm Drive, Harrow, HA2 7BS

First Floor Flat is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Harrow (HA2 7BS). It has a recorded floor area of 47 m² (around 506 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1930-1949. The latest certificate (May 2019) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in November 2008 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Average, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good and main heating went from Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

Held since March 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 £214,000 sits 167.5% above the 2001 sale of £80,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£158/sq ft) was about 57% below the postcode norm. At 47 m² it sits well below the postcode median (102 m² across 20 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally.