23 Poppy Field, Lychpit, Basingstoke, RG24 8TJ

23 Poppy Field is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Lychpit, Basingstoke, Basingstoke (RG24 8TJ). It has a recorded floor area of 24 m² (around 258 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band A. At 24 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (24–119 m²). The building's EPC ratings span E to B, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (41 versus a best of 81). The latest certificate (September 2019) shows an E (score 41), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (January 2009); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Average; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average and hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 24 m² it sits well below the postcode median (45 m² across 21 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. Today's modelled estimate of £122,000 sits 54.4% above the 2014 sale of £79,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£306/sq ft) was about 24.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 12 years since the last transfer (May 2014).