Calmsden Court, Flat 3, 54 Albemarle Road, Beckenham, BR3 5HR

Calmsden Court is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Beckenham (BR3 5HR). It has a recorded floor area of 46 m² (around 495 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1983-1990. At 46 m² this is the 4th smallest of 9 units on EPC record in Calmsden Court, where floor areas span 44–63 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to B, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (54 versus a best of 81). The latest certificate (November 2016) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

It hasn't traded since August 1999, a hold of 27 years that's notably long for the area. At 46 m² it sits well below the postcode median (68 m² across 53 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 1995–1999, sale prices on this property compounded at 9.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £242,000 sits 266.7% above the 1999 sale of £66,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£133/sq ft) was about 51.3% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: new windows approved in 2004. Past consents include new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.