8a, Alston Road, Barnet, EN5 4ET

8a is a three-bedroom mid-terrace house in Barnet (EN5 4ET). It has a recorded floor area of 99 m² (around 1066 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (August 2020) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in August 2009 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 71). At 99 m² this is the 12th smallest of 16 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 22–142 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to B across 16 units on file. Other recorded features include a basement.

Held since December 2000 — that's 25 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. At 99 m² the property is well over the postcode median (60 m² across 15 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £495,000 sits 200% above the 2000 sale of £165,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£155/sq ft) was about 62.3% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: a loft conversion approved in 2006. Past consents include a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.