34 Abbey Gardens, Southwark, London, SE16 3RQ

34 Abbey Gardens is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Southwark, London, London (SE16 3RQ). It has a recorded floor area of 38 m² (around 409 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band C. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (January 2022) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in October 2013 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Poor to Good, lighting went from Average to Very Good and main heating went from Very Poor to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

Sold June 2021 for £357,000. Across the public record there are 5 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. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2016. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 78% of similar EPCs). Across 1997–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.2% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£873/sq ft) was about 167.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode.