14 Babington Road, Lambeth, London, SW16 6AP

14 Babington Road is a mid-terrace house in Lambeth, London, London (SW16 6AP). It has a recorded floor area of 56 m² (around 603 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (January 2013) shows a G (score 12), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it C (April 2009); the latest reading is 4 bands lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Average; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 68), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from January 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. At 56 m² this is the 5th smallest of 41 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 49–140 m². The building's EPC ratings span G to B, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (12 versus a best of 82).

At 56 m² it sits well below the postcode median (81 m² across 42 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. Most recent transfer: November 2021 at £420,000. Across the public record there are 6 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. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2025. Past consents include an extension and a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2003–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.9% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£697/sq ft) was about 109.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode.