5g, Station Road East, Oxted, RH8 0BD

5g is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Oxted (RH8 0BD). It has a recorded floor area of 40 m² (around 425 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (January 2010) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from January 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since August 2006 — that's 20 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 1997–2006, sale prices on this property compounded at 15.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £186,000 sits 55% above the 2006 sale of £120,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£282/sq ft) was about 19.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 40 m² it's 28.1% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (55 m² median across 18 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 89% of similar EPCs).