38b, Havelock Road, Croydon, CR0 6QP

38b is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Croydon (CR0 6QP). It has a recorded floor area of 54 m² (around 581 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. Tenure is freehold. At 54 m² this is the 17th smallest of 59 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 25–201 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to B across 59 units on file. The latest certificate (March 2018) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 76).

Held since July 2005 — that's 21 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Across 1998–2005, sale prices on this property compounded at 18.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £279,000 sits 64.2% above the 2005 sale of £169,950. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£292/sq ft) was about 17.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 54 m² it's 22.3% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (69 m² median across 58 EPCs).