73a, High Street, Caterham, CR3 5UF

73a is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Caterham (CR3 5UF). It has a recorded floor area of 36 m² (around 388 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band B. At 36 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 23 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 34–80 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to B, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (39 versus a best of 81). The latest certificate (June 2020) shows an E (score 39), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 70), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

Held since December 1998 — that's 28 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £169,000 sits 323% above the 1998 sale of £39,950. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£103/sq ft) was about 66.1% below the postcode norm. At 36 m² it sits well below the postcode median (59 m² across 22 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count.