5 Brooklands Road, Crawley, RH11 9QQ

5 Brooklands Road is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Crawley (RH11 9QQ). It has a recorded floor area of 25 m² (around 269 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (February 2014) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in October 2009 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, lighting went from Very Poor to Poor and main heating went from Very Poor to Poor; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 79). Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from February 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 25 m² it sits well below the postcode median (49 m² across 29 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. 11 years since the last transfer (December 2014). Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 1997–2014, sale prices on this property compounded at 9.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £166,000 is 39.5% above the 2014 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£442/sq ft) was about 61.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode.