55a, Chesterton Terrace, London, E13 0BZ

55a is a mid-terrace house in London (E13 0BZ). It has a recorded floor area of 52 m² (around 560 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. At 52 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 3 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 51–53 m². The building's EPC ratings span D to C, with this unit at the top. On EPC score it ranks first in the building (70 versus a worst of 58). The latest certificate (April 2025) shows a C (score 70). When first surveyed in September 2009 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, window efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Average to Very Good.

At 52 m² it sits well below the postcode median (86 m² across 49 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 76% of similar EPCs). Last sale on file: £282,000 in November 2022. 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. Across 2000–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.9% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£504/sq ft) was about 158.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode.