Flat 1, 198 Richmond Road, Kingston Upon Thames, KT2 5HE

Flat 1 is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Kingston Upon Thames (KT2 5HE). It has a recorded floor area of 34 m² (around 366 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (March 2017) shows a G (score 16), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on to be used only when there is no heating/hot. At 34 m² this is the 3rd smallest of 7 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 30–59 m². The building's EPC ratings span G to D, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (16 versus a best of 62). Period features are noted in the property record.

Across 1997–2019, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £249,000 is 11.1% below the 2019 sale of £280,000, running counter to the wider postcode trend, which makes the EPC and condition history especially worth a look. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£765/sq ft) was about 136.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £280,000 in January 2019. Across the public record there are 6 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. At 34 m² it's 19.2% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (42 m² median across 18 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 89% of similar EPCs).