53a, Brighton Road, Surbiton, KT6 5LR

53a is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Surbiton (KT6 5LR). It has a recorded floor area of 149 m² (around 1604 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (April 2025) shows an F (score 21), near the bottom of the EPC scale. When first surveyed in July 2009 the rating was G, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Poor to Very Good, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Good to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 72), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

Untraded for 28 years, with the last transfer in August 1998. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 149 m² the property is well over the postcode median (102 m² across 21 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. Today's modelled estimate of £621,000 sits 245% above the 1998 sale of £180,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£112/sq ft) was about 64.2% below the postcode norm.