1 Chatsworth Court, Stevenage, SG2 8DY

1 Chatsworth Court is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Stevenage (SG2 8DY). It has a recorded floor area of 74 m² (around 797 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band B. At 74 m² this is the 20th smallest of 22 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 48–74 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (April 2022) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 3 certificates since March 2009. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good and main heating went from Poor to Average; while wall efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 71), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 74 m² the property is well over the postcode median (49 m² across 21 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 76% of similar EPCs). Last sale on file: £220,000 in December 2022. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. Across 1999–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.9% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£276/sq ft) was about 68.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode.