Astra Court East, Flat 18, Astra Close, Hornchurch, RM12 5NJ

Astra Court East is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Hornchurch (RM12 5NJ). It has a recorded floor area of 38 m² (around 409 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (February 2023) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 3 certificates since February 2015. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average and hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. At 38 m² this is the 3rd 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 across 12 units on file.

Held since November 1998 — that's 27 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. Today's modelled estimate of £205,000 sits 388.1% above the 1998 sale of £42,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£103/sq ft) was about 57.9% below the postcode norm. At 38 m² it's 19.1% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (47 m² median across 54 EPCs). One historical planning record sits against the property in 2018.