14 Apollo Way, Stevenage, SG2 7QU

14 Apollo Way is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Stevenage (SG2 7QU). It has a recorded floor area of 39 m² (around 420 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band B. At 39 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (39–101 m²). The building's EPC ratings span E to B, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (May 2021) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (March 2015); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 74), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

Held since March 1998 — that's 28 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 £168,000 sits 1547.1% above the 1998 sale of £10,200. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£24/sq ft) was about 84.1% below the postcode norm. At 39 m² it sits well below the postcode median (63 m² across 41 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 83% of similar EPCs). 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. One planning record on file: new windows approved in 2017. Past consents include new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.