188a, Kenton Road, Harrow, HA3 8BL

188a is a mid-terrace house in Harrow (HA3 8BL). It has a recorded floor area of 88 m² (around 947 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. At 88 m² this is the 20th smallest of 21 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 35–88 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (47 versus a best of 80). The latest certificate (May 2021) shows an E (score 47), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since May 2016. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 80), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 88 m² the property is well over the postcode median (54 m² across 20 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Sale prices here have lagged Harrow HPI: -20% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £374,000 is 10% above the 2021 sale price. 6 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include subdivision and an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Most recent transfer: July 2021 at £340,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.