Acorn Apartments, Flat 3, 40 West Hill Road, Ryde, PO33 1LN

Acorn Apartments is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Ryde (PO33 1LN). It has a recorded floor area of 30 m² (around 323 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (January 2019) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in March 2010 the rating was G, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, lighting went from Average to Good and main heating went from Very Poor to Average; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 60). Main heating runs on electricity. At 30 m² this is the 5th smallest of 7 units on EPC record in Acorn Apartments, where floor areas span 20–56 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to D across 7 units on file.

Held since January 2005 — that's 21 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Across 2001–2005, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £109,000 sits 142.2% above the 2005 sale of £45,000. 3 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused, 2 pending. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. An application is currently awaiting a decision. At 30 m² it sits well below the postcode median (51 m² across 81 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 89% of similar EPCs).