The Icon, Flat 6, Southernhay, Basildon, SS14 1FG

The Icon is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Basildon (SS14 1FG). It has a recorded floor area of 44 m² (around 474 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2007 onwards and council tax band B. The latest certificate (February 2020) returns a B (score 83), comfortably above the UK average. When first surveyed in March 2009 the rating was C, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while main heating dropped from Poor to Very Poor. Main heating runs on electricity. At 44 m² this is the 9th 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.

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 44 m² it's 24.1% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (58 m² median across 56 EPCs).