Acorn Apartments, Flat 7, 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 29 m² (around 312 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (March 2021) shows an F (score 35), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 62), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. At 29 m² this is the 3rd 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, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (35 versus a best of 67). Other recorded features include a conservatory. Period features are noted in the property record.

At 29 m² it sits well below the postcode median (51 m² across 81 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. 2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused, 2 pending. An application is currently awaiting a decision. Across 2004–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £115,000 is 18.6% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£311/sq ft) was about 112% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold October 2021 for £97,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.