Flat 5, 42 Snowsfields, London, SE1 3SU

Flat 5 is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in London (SE1 3SU). It has a recorded floor area of 50 m² (around 538 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. At 50 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 4 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 39–54 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 (53 versus a best of 75). The latest certificate (July 2019) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 63).

It hasn't traded since February 2001, a hold of 25 years that's notably long for the area. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 50 m² it's 20.6% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (63 m² median across 54 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £458,000 sits 215.9% above the 2001 sale of £145,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£269/sq ft) was about 62.3% below the postcode norm.