5a, Bluehouse Lane, Oxted, RH8 0AA

5a is a four-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Oxted (RH8 0AA). It has a recorded floor area of 74 m² (around 797 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (February 2021) shows a C (score 78), near the top of the C band. The rating has held steady at C across 2 certificates since January 2015. Between certificates, window efficiency dropped from Good to Average and lighting dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 81). At 74 m² this is the 3rd smallest of 14 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 67–241 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to B across 14 units on file.

At 74 m² it sits well below the postcode median (134 m² across 13 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, a loft conversion, a garage conversion and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2015–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.2% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£1,312/sq ft) was about 355.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: April 2021 at £1,045,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.