Flat 1, 19 Eastcote Lane, Harrow, HA2 8BW

Flat 1 is a semi-detached house in Harrow (HA2 8BW). It has a recorded floor area of 23 m² (around 248 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band B. At 23 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (23–41 m²). The latest certificate (September 2019) shows an E (score 44), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since July 2009. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 62). Main heating runs on electricity.

Held since November 1999 — that's 27 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 £158,000 sits 251.1% above the 1999 sale of £45,000. At 23 m² it sits well below the postcode median (63 m² across 14 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 71% of similar EPCs).