Flat 5, 16 Heathfield Road, Croydon, CR0 1ES

Flat 5 is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Croydon (CR0 1ES). It has a recorded floor area of 43 m² (around 463 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. At 43 m² this is the 3rd smallest of 5 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 40–55 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 (72 versus a worst of 43). The latest certificate (September 2022) shows a C (score 72). When first surveyed in August 2011 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and lighting went from Average to Very Good.

At 43 m² it's 29.5% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (61 m² median across 21 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 71% of similar EPCs). Across 1995–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 7% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£506/sq ft) was about 90.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £234,000 in February 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.