First Floor Flat, 189 Richmond Road, Kingston Upon Thames, KT2 5DD
About First Floor Flat
First Floor Flat is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Kingston Upon Thames (KT2 5DD). It has a recorded floor area of 35 m² (around 377 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (February 2017) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 62).
Untraded for 24 years, with the last transfer in September 2002. Across 1998–2002, sale prices on this property compounded at 16.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £310,000 sits 82.4% above the 2002 sale of £169,950. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£451/sq ft) was about 32.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 35 m² it sits well below the postcode median (66 m² across 18 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 89% of similar EPCs).
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms2
- Bathrooms1
Energy performance
EPC Rating
Planning history
First Floor Flat has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
3applications of note in the surrounding area
Sales history & valuation
First Floor Flat's estimated value is more than triple its earliest registered sale price (1998).
£310,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 16.8% per year over 4 years.
£169,950
Growth on file: 16.8% per year over 4 years.
Sales timeline
22 September 2002Most recent
£169,950
+82.7%over 3 years3 November 1998
£93,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in KT2 5DD: £417,500 (2025–2022).
Nearby sales in KT2 5DD
Second Floor Flat, 189 Richmond Road, Kingston Upon Thames, KT2 5DD
Sold Mar 2025
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Sold Nov 2024
£269,500187 Richmond Road, Kingston Upon Thames, KT2 5DD
Sold Oct 2024
£1,925,000199 Richmond Road, Kingston Upon Thames, KT2 5DD
Sold Nov 2023
£1,690,000203a, Richmond Road, Kingston Upon Thames, KT2 5DD
Sold Sept 2022
£365,000
Versus other Richmond Road homes
On epc rating, First Floor Flat runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£4,856
Street avg £6,054
Floor Area
35 m²
Street avg 51 m²
Habitable Rooms
1 rooms
Street avg 2 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.0 t/year
Street avg 2.0 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
5/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Durlston Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Fern Hill Primary School. 30 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
51.3dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.1dB







