25a, New Road, Drayton Parslow, Milton Keynes, MK17 0JH

25a is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Drayton Parslow, Milton Keynes, Milton Keynes (MK17 0JH). It has a recorded floor area of 42 m² (around 452 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (July 2018) shows an E (score 41), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in December 2010 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Good to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 58). Main heating runs on dual fuel. At 42 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 32 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 34–132 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to B, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (41 versus a best of 84).

At 42 m² it sits well below the postcode median (79 m² across 31 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Most recent transfer: November 2019 at £125,000. Across the public record there are 7 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 1996–2019, sale prices on this property compounded at 10.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £139,000 is 11.2% above the 2019 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£276/sq ft) was about 32.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode.