7 Hearne Place, Bedford Lane, Ascot, SL5 0NW

7 Hearne Place is a mid-terrace house in Ascot (SL5 0NW). It has a recorded floor area of 115 m² (around 1238 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (March 2019) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in October 2008 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 2-band jump. At 115 m² this is the 6th smallest of 8 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 80–172 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to B, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (53 versus a best of 81).

At 115 m² it's 19.8% larger than the typical home in the postcode (96 m² median across 7 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 4 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.