4 Ewhurst Cottages, The Mardens, Crawley, RH11 0AQ

4 Ewhurst Cottages is a one-bedroom detached house in Crawley (RH11 0AQ). It has a recorded floor area of 78 m² (around 841 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. At 78 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (78–113 m²). The building's EPC ratings span E to D, with this unit at the top. The latest certificate (September 2009) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since September 2009. The latest certificate is from September 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since June 2005 — that's 21 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 78 m² it sits well below the postcode median (117 m² across 6 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £254,000 is 30.9% above the 2005 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£231/sq ft) was about 15.7% below the postcode norm.