14b, High Street, Carshalton, SM5 3AG

14b is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Carshalton (SM5 3AG). It has a recorded floor area of 38 m² (around 409 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. At 38 m² this is the 9th smallest of 43 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 35–84 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to B, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (December 2020) shows an E (score 45), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 73), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 38 m² it's 16.5% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (46 m² median across 42 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 79% of similar EPCs). 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£575/sq ft) was about 335.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: May 2022 at £235,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.