Astra Court East, Flat 14, Astra Close, Hornchurch, RM12 5NJ

Astra Court East is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Hornchurch (RM12 5NJ). It has a recorded floor area of 39 m² (around 425 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (October 2008) shows a G (score 18), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to E (score 52), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from October 2008, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. At 39 m² this is the 5th smallest of 12 units on EPC record in Astra Court East, where floor areas span 33–85 m². The building's EPC ratings span G to D, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (18 versus a best of 63).

It hasn't traded since June 1995, a hold of 31 years that's notably long for the area. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 39 m² it's 16% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (47 m² median across 54 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £193,000 sits 554.2% above the 1995 sale of £29,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£69/sq ft) was about 71.5% below the postcode norm. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2018.