1 Austen Close, Greenwich, London, SE28 8AY

1 Austen Close is a three-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Greenwich, London, London (SE28 8AY). It has a recorded floor area of 84 m² (around 904 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (November 2013) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since October 2013. Between certificates, roof efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and lighting dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from November 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since July 2007 — that's 19 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 84 m² it's 16.3% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (100 m² median across 34 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2003–2007, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £338,000 sits 73.3% above the 2007 sale of £195,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£216/sq ft) was about 59.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode.