Flat 3, 40 Maple Road, Surbiton, KT6 4AB

Flat 3 is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Surbiton (KT6 4AB). It has a recorded floor area of 53 m² (around 570 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. At 53 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 4 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 47–70 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 (44 versus a best of 74). Period features are noted in the property record. The latest certificate (June 2025) shows an E (score 44), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since March 2015. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Average; while lighting dropped from Very Good to Good and main heating dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 80), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

Sold March 2021 for £330,000. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 86% of similar EPCs). Across 1998–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £381,000 is 15.5% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£578/sq ft) was about 57.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode.