Sefton Lodge, Flat 6, Richmond Road, Kingston Upon Thames, KT2 5DE

Sefton Lodge is a semi-detached house in Kingston Upon Thames (KT2 5DE). It has a recorded floor area of 36 m² (around 392 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2003-2006 and council tax band C. At 36 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across Sefton Lodge (36–72 m²). The building's EPC ratings span D to B, with this unit at the top. On EPC score it ranks first in the building (84 versus a worst of 57). The latest certificate (July 2009) returns a B (score 84), comfortably above the UK average. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from July 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

It hasn't traded since October 2007, a hold of 19 years that's notably long for the area. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 36 m² it sits well below the postcode median (66 m² across 4 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Today's modelled estimate of £275,000 is 20.6% above the 2007 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£581/sq ft) was about 68.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode.