43a, Stanley Road, Carshalton, SM5 4LE

43a is a semi-detached house in Carshalton (SM5 4LE). It has a recorded floor area of 56 m² (around 603 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band B. At 56 m² this is the 5th smallest of 25 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 38–102 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to A, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (August 2013) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 70), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from August 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 56 m² it sits well below the postcode median (83 m² across 24 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 1998–2019, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £260,000 sits 108% above the 2019 sale of £125,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£207/sq ft) was about 18.3% below the postcode norm. Sold February 2019 for £125,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. 4 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 3 refused. Past consents include a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.