22 Abbey Gardens, Southwark, London, SE16 3RQ

22 Abbey Gardens is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Southwark, London, London (SE16 3RQ). It has a recorded floor area of 52 m² (around 560 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band C. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (August 2021) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in September 2020 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Good to Very Good, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Good and lighting went from Good to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 87), a 2-band jump.

At 52 m² the property is well over the postcode median (40 m² across 27 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2000–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.3% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£768/sq ft) was about 125% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold October 2021 for £430,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.