5 Bisenden Road, Croydon, CR0 6UN

5 Bisenden Road is a two-bedroom detached house in Croydon (CR0 6UN). It has a recorded floor area of 49 m² (around 527 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. At 49 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (49–175 m²). The building's EPC ratings span F to C across 20 units on file. The latest certificate (October 2012) shows a D (score 56), a step below the typical UK home. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since September 2009. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 71). The latest certificate is from October 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 49 m² it sits well below the postcode median (111 m² across 19 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Across 1995–2013, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £297,000 is 44.9% above the 2013 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£389/sq ft) was about 33% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On the market in April 2013 and unlisted since — roughly 13 years.