39a, Blandford Road, Beckenham, BR3 4NE

39a is a mid-terrace house in Beckenham (BR3 4NE). It has a recorded floor area of 58 m² (around 624 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1930-1949. At 58 m² this is the 16th smallest of 32 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 40–124 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the top. On EPC score it ranks first in the building (78 versus a worst of 39). The latest certificate (February 2021) shows a C (score 78), near the top of the C band. When first surveyed in July 2017 the rating was E, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and lighting went from Good to Very Good.

At 58 m² it's 21.6% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (74 m² median across 31 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 71% of similar EPCs). Across 1997–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.5% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£469/sq ft) was about 63.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £293,000 in March 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.