1 Harp Island Close, Brent, London, NW10 0DD

1 Harp Island Close is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Brent, London, London (NW10 0DD). It has a recorded floor area of 55 m² (around 592 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (February 2016) shows a D (score 57), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in April 2014 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Average to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor; while lighting dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 76). Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from February 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. At 55 m² this is the 9th smallest of 10 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 34–56 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to C across 10 units on file.

Held since May 1998 — that's 28 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. At 55 m² the property is well over the postcode median (36 m² across 9 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £249,000 sits 255.7% above the 1998 sale of £70,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£118/sq ft) was about 59.2% below the postcode norm.