3 Chaplin Road, Brent, London, NW2 5PP

3 Chaplin Road is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Brent, London, London (NW2 5PP). It has a recorded floor area of 49 m² (around 527 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (January 2020) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in October 2008 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 75). At 49 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 15 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 16–160 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to C across 15 units on file.

It hasn't traded since February 1999, a hold of 27 years that's notably long for the area. 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 £401,000 sits 188.5% above the 1999 sale of £139,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£264/sq ft) was about 27.4% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2008. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 49 m² it's 23.4% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (64 m² median across 21 EPCs).