19a, Winchester Road, Waltham Forest, London, E4 9LH

19a is a mid-terrace house in Waltham Forest, London, London (E4 9LH). It has a recorded floor area of 84 m² (around 904 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (July 2019) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in April 2019 the rating was G, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and window efficiency went from Poor to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on to be used only when there is no heating/hot. At 84 m² this is the 18th smallest of 24 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 27–109 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to B, with this unit at the bottom.

Held since March 1995 — that's 31 years off the open market, well above the local norm. 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 £292,000 sits 734.3% above the 1995 sale of £35,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£39/sq ft) was about 85.3% below the postcode norm. At 84 m² it's 25.4% larger than the typical home in the postcode (67 m² median across 23 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 87% of similar EPCs).