Flat 1, 14 Kingsbridge Road, Newbury, RG14 6EA

Flat 1 is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Newbury (RG14 6EA). It has a recorded floor area of 36 m² (around 388 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. At 36 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (36–40 m²). On EPC score it ranks first in the building (45 versus a worst of 40). The latest certificate (March 2020) shows an E (score 45), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since May 2010. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 74), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 36 m² it sits well below the postcode median (82 m² across 29 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 76% of similar EPCs). Across 1998–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.5% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£334/sq ft) was about 43.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: September 2022 at £129,500. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.