Flat 2, 9 Craven Road, Newbury, RG14 5NG

Flat 2 is an end-of-terrace house in Newbury (RG14 5NG). It has a recorded floor area of 18 m² (around 194 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. At 18 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (18–131 m²). The building's EPC ratings span F to C across 6 units on file. The latest certificate (June 2025) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in June 2009 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Average to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 18 m² it sits well below the postcode median (76 m² across 16 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£981/sq ft) was about 245.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold February 2022 for £190,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.