78 Greenslade Road, Barking, IG11 9XE

78 Greenslade Road is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Barking (IG11 9XE). It has a recorded floor area of 20 m² (around 215 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. At 20 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (20–67 m²). The building's EPC ratings span E to B across 76 units on file. The latest certificate (June 2020) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since November 2009. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Average, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Average to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 4.1% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £198,000 is 39.4% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£660/sq ft) was about 360.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 20 m² it sits well below the postcode median (48 m² across 75 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Most recent transfer: September 2022 at £142,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.