Urban House 14a, Flat 4, Cavendish Road, Croydon, CR0 3LB

Urban House 14a is an end-of-terrace house in Croydon (CR0 3LB). It has a recorded floor area of 12 m² (around 129 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1950-1966. At 12 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across Urban House 14a (12–19 m²). The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (June 2016) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 73), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from June 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Today's modelled estimate of £216,000 is 71.2% below the 2025 sale of £750,000, running counter to the wider postcode trend, which makes the EPC and condition history especially worth a look. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£5,806/sq ft) was about 3122.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 12 m² it sits well below the postcode median (32 m² across 54 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. It changed hands recently, sold February 2025 for £750,000.