23 Lavender Road, Southwark, London, SE16 5DZ

23 Lavender Road is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Southwark, London, London (SE16 5DZ). It has a recorded floor area of 46 m² (around 495 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band C. At 46 m² this is the 5th smallest of 40 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 39–94 m². The building's EPC ratings span D to B, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (June 2018) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

It hasn't traded since July 2000, a hold of 26 years that's notably long for the area. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £355,000 sits 204.7% above the 2000 sale of £116,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£235/sq ft) was about 37.5% below the postcode norm. At 46 m² it's 22% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (59 m² median across 39 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 79% of similar EPCs).