5b, Lenham Road, Lewisham, London, SE12 8QN

5b is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Lewisham, London, London (SE12 8QN). It has a recorded floor area of 67 m² (around 721 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (November 2015) shows an E (score 43), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 62). The latest certificate is from November 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. At 67 m² this is the 8th smallest of 35 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 46–152 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to C across 35 units on file. Period features are noted in the property record.

Sale prices here have outpaced London HPI: 5.3% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£621/sq ft) was about 94.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. A recent sale: £448,000 in March 2025. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. 3 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include an extension and a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 67 m² it's 18.3% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (82 m² median across 34 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 79% of similar EPCs).