38 Brooke House, Town Square, Basildon, SS14 1HX

38 Brooke House is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Basildon (SS14 1HX). It has a recorded floor area of 51 m² (around 549 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (November 2020) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. Earlier certificates rated it C (August 2009); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and main heating went from Poor to Average; while wall efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 79). Main heating runs on electricity. At 51 m² this is the 18th smallest of 30 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 36–84 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to C across 30 units on file.

Untraded for 28 years, with the last transfer in January 1998. 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 £157,000 sits 772.2% above the 1998 sale of £18,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£33/sq ft) was about 68.4% below the postcode norm.