23 Lockesley Square, Lovelace Gardens, Surbiton, KT6 6RT

23 Lockesley Square is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Surbiton (KT6 6RT). It has a recorded floor area of 46 m² (around 495 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (May 2025) shows an E (score 43), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 4 certificates since August 2009. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average and main heating went from Poor to Average; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average and hot-water efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 65). Main heating runs on electricity. At 46 m² this is the 7th smallest of 42 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 29–66 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to B across 42 units on file. Other recorded features include a balcony.

At 46 m² it's 16.4% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (55 m² median across 41 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. On the market in October 2011 and unlisted since — roughly 15 years. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 1996–2011, sale prices on this property compounded at 9.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £274,000 is 22.3% above the 2011 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£452/sq ft) was about 31.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode.