53 Empire Square West, Empire Square, Southwark, London, SE1 4NH

53 Empire Square West is a mid-terrace house in Southwark, London, London (SE1 4NH). It has a recorded floor area of 48 m² (around 517 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2003-2006 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (October 2020) returns a B (score 82), comfortably above the UK average. The rating has held steady at B across 2 certificates since June 2009. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and main heating dropped from Poor to Very Poor. Main heating runs on electricity. At 48 m² this is the 14th smallest of 60 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 28–85 m². The building's EPC ratings span D to B, with this unit at the top.

Across 2006–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £448,000 is 10.4% below the 2021 sale of £500,000, an unusual pattern given regional price growth and worth checking against the EPC condition. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£968/sq ft) was about 63.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £500,000 in March 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.