5a, Pennethorne Road, Southwark, London, SE15 5TH

5a is a mid-terrace house in Southwark, London, London (SE15 5TH). It has a recorded floor area of 40 m² (around 431 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. At 40 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 23 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 29–126 m². The building's EPC ratings span D to C, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (December 2017) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 75).

Last sale on file: £385,000 in April 2021. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. Across 2004–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 9.5% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£894/sq ft) was about 202.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 40 m² it's 29.2% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (57 m² median across 22 EPCs).