43a, Ommaney Road, Lewisham, London, SE14 5NS

43a is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Lewisham, London, London (SE14 5NS). It has a recorded floor area of 47 m² (around 506 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. Period features are noted in the property record. At 47 m² this is the 5th smallest of 31 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 39–227 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 (39 versus a best of 79). The latest certificate (October 2013) shows an E (score 39), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 80), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from October 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since June 2005 — that's 21 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Sale prices here have outpaced London HPI: 13.8% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £352,000 sits 83.3% above the 2005 sale of £192,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£380/sq ft) was about 26.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 47 m² it sits well below the postcode median (67 m² across 32 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement.