18a, Farquharson Road, Croydon, CR0 2UH

18a is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Croydon (CR0 2UH). It has a recorded floor area of 72 m² (around 775 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. At 72 m² this is the 24th smallest of 37 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 34–203 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (February 2017) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (April 2016); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, roof efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump.

Held since March 2003 — that's 23 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 72 m² the property is well over the postcode median (55 m² across 36 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 83% of similar EPCs). Across 1999–2003, sale prices on this property compounded at 21.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £266,000 sits 67.3% above the 2003 sale of £159,000. One planning record on file: an extension refused in 2020.