Flat 2, 25 Belle Vue Road, Swindon, SN1 3HN

Flat 2 is a semi-detached house in Swindon (SN1 3HN). It has a recorded floor area of 37 m² (around 398 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. At 37 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (37–65 m²). On EPC score it ranks first in the building (68 versus a worst of 62). The latest certificate (February 2022) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 79).

Held since June 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 £223,000 sits 116.5% above the 1998 sale of £103,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£259/sq ft) was about 53.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 37 m² it sits well below the postcode median (83 m² across 43 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally.