24 Helena Square, Southwark, London, SE16 5XP

24 Helena Square is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Southwark, London, London (SE16 5XP). It has a recorded floor area of 80 m² (around 861 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band E. At 80 m² this is the 25th smallest of 31 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 39–103 m². The building's EPC ratings span D to B, with this unit at the bottom. Period features are noted in the property record. The latest certificate (September 2019) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since July 2009. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good and main heating went from Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 73). Main heating runs on electricity.

Held since September 2003 — that's 23 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 80 m² the property is well over the postcode median (57 m² across 30 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2000–2003, sale prices on this property compounded at 10.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £468,000 sits 92.6% above the 2003 sale of £243,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£282/sq ft) was about 32.2% below the postcode norm.