41 Howard Avenue, Bexley, DA5 3BB

41 Howard Avenue is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Bexley (DA5 3BB). It has a recorded floor area of 63 m² (around 678 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (May 2014) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from May 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 63 m² it's 23.5% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (82 m² median across 21 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 2001–2014, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £398,000 sits 59.2% above the 2014 sale of £250,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£369/sq ft) was about 39% above the typical sold price in the postcode. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2024. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. 12 years since the last transfer (June 2014).