Flat 5, 7 Market Place, Stevenage, SG1 1DG

Flat 5 is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Stevenage (SG1 1DG). It has a recorded floor area of 32 m² (around 344 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (June 2020) shows an E (score 39), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in August 2011 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. At 32 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 9 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 25–53 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (39 versus a best of 79).

Held since January 2004 — that's 22 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Today's modelled estimate of £143,000 sits 59% above the 2004 sale of £89,950. At 32 m² it's 15.8% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (38 m² median across 8 EPCs).