32 Bancroft Chase, Hornchurch, RM12 4DR

32 Bancroft Chase is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Hornchurch (RM12 4DR). It has a recorded floor area of 42 m² (around 452 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band C. At 42 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (42–150 m²). The building's EPC ratings span D to B across 40 units on file. The latest certificate (January 2024) shows a C (score 79), near the top of the C band. The rating has held steady at C across 2 certificates since July 2012. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Average to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 82). Main heating runs on electricity.

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 3.4% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£503/sq ft) was about 88.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 42 m² it sits well below the postcode median (80 m² across 39 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. Sold March 2022 for £227,500. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.