5 Cavalier Court, Ingleside Drive, Stevenage, SG1 4RD

5 Cavalier Court is a one-bedroom detached house in Stevenage (SG1 4RD). It has a recorded floor area of 82 m² (around 885 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band B. At 82 m² this is the 9th smallest of 11 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 44–120 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 (49 versus a best of 79). The latest certificate (January 2010) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from January 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 82 m² it's 19.1% larger than the typical home in the postcode (69 m² median across 10 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Last changed hands 13 years ago, in July 2013. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1996–2013, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £198,000 is 39.4% above the 2013 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£160/sq ft) was about 32.2% below the postcode norm.