56a, First Avenue, Enfield, EN1 1BN

56a is a semi-detached house in Enfield (EN1 1BN). It has a recorded floor area of 88 m² (around 947 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (December 2022) shows an F (score 32), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 59), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. At 88 m² this is the 23rd smallest of 37 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 46–173 m². The building's EPC ratings span G to C across 37 units on file.

It hasn't traded since November 2008, a hold of 18 years that's notably long for the area. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 88 m² it's 28.5% larger than the typical home in the postcode (69 m² median across 36 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 1998–2008, sale prices on this property compounded at 13.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £392,000 sits 56.8% above the 2008 sale of £250,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£264/sq ft) was about 18% above the typical sold price in the postcode.