1 Beta Place, Lambeth, London, SW4 7QN

1 Beta Place is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Lambeth, London, London (SW4 7QN). It has a recorded floor area of 74 m² (around 797 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. The latest certificate (September 2020) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it C (February 2009); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and roof efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 69), a 2-band jump.

Sale prices here have outpaced London HPI: 7.2% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£1,088/sq ft) was about 249.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: November 2022 at £867,000. 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. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2021. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 74 m² it's 15.2% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (87 m² median across 47 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 87% of similar EPCs).