25b, Cedar Mount, Mottingham Lane, Bromley, London, SE9 4RU

25b is a two-bedroom detached house in Bromley, London, London (SE9 4RU). It has a recorded floor area of 55 m² (around 592 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (April 2020) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in March 2016 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 67).

It hasn't traded since December 1997, a hold of 28 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. At 55 m² it's 18.1% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (67 m² median across 25 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £302,000 sits 364.6% above the 1997 sale of £65,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£110/sq ft) was about 53.3% below the postcode norm.