17 Abbey Close, Hayes, UB3 3PJ

17 Abbey Close is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Hayes (UB3 3PJ). It has a recorded floor area of 37 m² (around 398 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band C. At 37 m² this is the 6th smallest of 33 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 33–69 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to A across 33 units on file. The latest certificate (March 2014) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 75). Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from March 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Untraded for 30 years, with the last transfer in May 1996. 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 £194,000 sits 385% above the 1996 sale of £40,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£100/sq ft) was about 67.6% below the postcode norm. At 37 m² it's 27.5% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (51 m² median across 32 EPCs). 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count.