51 Gordon Avenue, Hornchurch, RM12 4EA

51 Gordon Avenue is an end-of-terrace house in Hornchurch (RM12 4EA). It has a recorded floor area of 13 m² (around 140 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. At 13 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (13–160 m²). The building's EPC ratings span E to C across 24 units on file. The latest certificate (May 2023) shows a D (score 55), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in January 2016 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Good to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 76). Main heating runs on electricity.

Today's modelled estimate of £263,000 is 41.2% below the 2022 sale of £447,500, below the original sale price, which typically signals condition or completion-status changes worth verifying. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£3,198/sq ft) was about 908.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 13 m² it sits well below the postcode median (93 m² across 23 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 3 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused. Most recent transfer: October 2022 at £447,500. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.