Flat 5, 21 Cromwell Road, Basingstoke, RG21 5NR

Flat 5 is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Basingstoke (RG21 5NR). It has a recorded floor area of 24 m² (around 258 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. At 24 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (24–38 m²). The building's EPC ratings span G to C across 6 units on file. The latest certificate (August 2020) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since February 2016. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 74), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 24 m² it sits well below the postcode median (109 m² across 35 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Across 1996–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.2% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£418/sq ft) was about 95.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £108,000 in May 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.