43 Honey Close, Dagenham, RM10 8TF

43 Honey Close is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Dagenham (RM10 8TF). It has a recorded floor area of 53 m² (around 570 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band C. At 53 m² this is the 57th smallest of 62 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 29–76 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 (46 versus a best of 83). The latest certificate (August 2014) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from August 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since May 2003 — that's 23 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 53 m² the property is well over the postcode median (39 m² across 61 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 89% of similar EPCs). Across 1998–2003, sale prices on this property compounded at 20.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £230,000 sits 98.3% above the 2003 sale of £116,000.