The Holt, Flat 1, 34 Wray Park Road, Reigate, RH2 0DE

The Holt is a one-bedroom detached house in Reigate (RH2 0DE). It has a recorded floor area of 53 m² (around 573 sq ft) and council tax band C. At 53 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across The Holt (53–210 m²). The building's EPC ratings span F to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (26 versus a best of 74). The latest certificate (November 2009) shows an F (score 26), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The latest certificate is from November 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since August 1996 — that's 30 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 53 m² it sits well below the postcode median (77 m² across 9 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 £224,000 sits 293% above the 1996 sale of £57,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£99/sq ft) was about 55.3% below the postcode norm. 4 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.