Ariel Court, Flat 38, Essenden Road, Belvedere, DA17 5EG

Ariel Court is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Belvedere (DA17 5EG). It has a recorded floor area of 70 m² (around 753 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band C. At 70 m² this is the 5th smallest of 9 units on EPC record in Ariel Court, where floor areas span 60–78 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (December 2020) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 3 certificates since July 2012. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Good, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor; while main heating dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 70), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

Last sale on file: £250,000 in January 2021. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 83% of similar EPCs). Across 2000–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £280,000 is 12% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£332/sq ft) was about 52.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode.