The Icon, Flat 22, Southernhay, Basildon, SS14 1FG

The Icon is a mid-terrace house in Basildon (SS14 1FG). It has a recorded floor area of 46 m² (around 495 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2007 onwards and council tax band B. The latest certificate (April 2019) returns a B (score 81), comfortably above the UK average. When first surveyed in April 2009 the rating was C, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Average. Main heating runs on electricity. At 46 m² this is the 11th smallest of 57 units on EPC record in The Icon, where floor areas span 38–79 m². The building's EPC ratings span D to B, with this unit at the top.

Today's modelled estimate of £145,000 is 11% below the 2008 sale of £163,000, an unusual pattern given regional price growth and worth checking against the EPC condition. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£329/sq ft) was about 22.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Held since February 2008 — that's 18 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 46 m² it's 20.7% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (58 m² median across 56 EPCs).