38a, Manor Close, Bexley, London, SE28 8EY

38a is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Bexley, London, London (SE28 8EY). It has a recorded floor area of 35 m² (around 377 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band B. At 35 m² this is the 6th smallest of 41 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 31–166 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C across 41 units on file. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy. The latest certificate (August 2018) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 79). Main heating runs on electricity.

At 35 m² it sits well below the postcode median (55 m² across 40 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 70% of similar EPCs). Last sale on file: £172,500 in December 2021. Across the public record there are 4 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. Across 1998–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.8% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£458/sq ft) was about 148.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode.