131 East Barnet Road, Barnet, EN4 8RF

131 East Barnet Road is an end-of-terrace house in Barnet (EN4 8RF). It has a recorded floor area of 51 m² (around 549 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (January 2023) shows an E (score 40), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in July 2015 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Average to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 58). Main heating runs on electricity. At 51 m² this is the 7th smallest of 35 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 29–114 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to B, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (40 versus a best of 89).

Today's modelled estimate of £268,000 is 85.4% below the 2016 sale of £1,830,000, an unusual pattern given regional price growth and worth checking against the EPC condition. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£3,334/sq ft) was about 904.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 51 m² it's 25% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (68 m² median across 34 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 4 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include an extension, a loft conversion and subdivision, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last changed hands 10 years ago, in July 2016.