68a, Beulah Road, Thornton Heath, CR7 8JF

68a is a mid-terrace house in Thornton Heath (CR7 8JF). It has a recorded floor area of 42 m² (around 452 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (March 2020) shows an E (score 40), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in December 2016 the rating was G, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 74), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. At 42 m² this is the 17th smallest of 67 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 22–141 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 (40 versus a best of 89).

It hasn't traded since June 1998, a hold of 28 years that's notably long for the area. 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 £204,000 sits 628.6% above the 1998 sale of £28,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£62/sq ft) was about 78.7% below the postcode norm. At 42 m² it's 20% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (53 m² median across 66 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 74% of similar EPCs).