36b, Bexley High Street, Bexley, DA5 1AH

36b is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Bexley (DA5 1AH). It has a recorded floor area of 65 m² (around 700 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. At 65 m² this is the 8th smallest of 21 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 26–88 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy. The latest certificate (March 2023) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 68).

Held since February 2009 — that's 17 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale fell during the post-crash dip, which often skews comparisons against later neighbouring sales. At 65 m² it's 16.1% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (78 m² median across 20 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Across 1998–2009, sale prices on this property compounded at 11.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £231,000 sits 52% above the 2009 sale of £152,000.