45a, Blythswood Road, Ilford, IG3 8SJ

45a is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Ilford (IG3 8SJ). It has a recorded floor area of 60 m² (around 646 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. At 60 m² this is the 6th smallest of 30 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 49–166 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to C across 30 units on file. The latest certificate (December 2013) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 75). The latest certificate is from December 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since January 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 £288,000 sits 234.9% above the 2001 sale of £86,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£133/sq ft) was about 31.7% below the postcode norm. At 60 m² it sits well below the postcode median (110 m² across 29 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally.