16 Crest Drive, Enfield, EN3 5QD

16 Crest Drive is a semi-detached house in Enfield (EN3 5QD). It has a recorded floor area of 79 m² (around 850 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. At 79 m² this is the 30th smallest of 42 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 34–97 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (December 2020) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (December 2010); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and lighting dropped from Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump.

At 79 m² it's 17.9% larger than the typical home in the postcode (67 m² median across 41 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. On the market in May 2014 and unlisted since — roughly 12 years. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 1997–2014, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £282,000 is 47.5% above the 2014 sale price.