The Icon, Flat 72, Southernhay, Basildon, SS14 1FH

The Icon is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Basildon (SS14 1FH). It has a recorded floor area of 45 m² (around 484 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2003-2006 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (July 2013) returns a B (score 84), comfortably above the UK average. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from July 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. At 45 m² this is the 11th smallest of 55 units on EPC record in The Icon, where floor areas span 43–67 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to B, with this unit at the top.

Untraded for 18 years, with the last transfer in March 2008. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 45 m² it's 22.4% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (58 m² median across 54 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 83% of similar EPCs). On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£345/sq ft) was about 28.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode.