Astra Court West, Flat 32, Astra Close, Hornchurch, RM12 5NJ

Astra Court West is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Hornchurch (RM12 5NJ). It has a recorded floor area of 33 m² (around 355 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (November 2012) shows an F (score 27), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 60), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from November 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. At 33 m² this is the 3rd smallest of 18 units on EPC record in Astra Court West, where floor areas span 25–85 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (27 versus a best of 74).

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 7.9% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£531/sq ft) was about 120% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 33 m² it's 29.8% 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. Most recent transfer: August 2019 at £188,500. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property.