1 Downs Grove, Basildon, SS16 4QL

1 Downs Grove is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Basildon (SS16 4QL). It has a recorded floor area of 52 m² (around 560 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (February 2021) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in July 2010 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, main heating went from Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 77). Main heating runs on electricity. At 52 m² this is the 16th smallest of 58 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 27–116 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to B across 58 units on file.

Held since February 1996 — that's 30 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 £182,000 sits 477.8% above the 1996 sale of £31,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£56/sq ft) was about 71.9% below the postcode norm. At 52 m² it's 22.4% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (67 m² median across 57 EPCs).