51a, Shortlands Road, Kingston Upon Thames, KT2 6HD
About 51a
51a is a three-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Kingston Upon Thames (KT2 6HD). It has a recorded floor area of 115 m² (around 1238 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (February 2024) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. When first surveyed in January 2013 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 83).
At 115 m² it's 17.3% larger than the typical home in the postcode (98 m² median across 35 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Sold August 2024 for £910,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. 19 planning records sit against the property, 11 approved, 8 refused. Past consents include an extension, a porch, new windows and a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1999–2024, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.4% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£735/sq ft) was about 105.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms2
Energy performance
51a ranks among the most efficient homes in the postcode for energy use.
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Planning history
51a has been extended on multiple sides of the property across separate planning applications.
- Jan 2024PorchOutlineIn report
Construction of a front porch and rear extension to the existing side extension. The porch extension would extend 1m in front of the existing side extension and keep the eve height of 3m. The rear extension width would follow the dimensions of the rear aspect of the existing side extension at 1.74m wide and 3m high. It would extend a further 4.6m.Both aspects would be built from london stock bricks to match the existing brickwork.
Extension- Documents
- 9 docs on file
- Reference
- 23/03078/CPU
- Sept 2017RenovationOutlineIn report
Installation of 1no. window at first floor side elevation
- Council
- Kingston Town
New Windows- Documents
- 11 docs on file
- Reference
- 17/12704
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Sales history & valuation
51a has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1999.
£934,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.4% per year over 25 years.
£910,000
Growth on file: 7.4% per year over 25 years.
Sales timeline
29 August 2024Most recent
£910,000
+70.1%over 11 years2 May 2013
£535,000
+114.0%over 10 years26 September 2002
£249,950
+63.4%over 2 years30 September 1999
£153,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in KT2 6HD: £820,000 (2025–2022).
Nearby sales in KT2 6HD
8 Shortlands Road, Kingston Upon Thames, KT2 6HD
Sold Aug 2025
£716,43015 Shortlands Road, Kingston Upon Thames, KT2 6HD
Sold Oct 2024
£820,00028 Shortlands Road, Kingston Upon Thames, KT2 6HD
Sold Sept 2024
£999,95035 Shortlands Road, Kingston Upon Thames, KT2 6HD
Sold Feb 2023
£780,0009 Shortlands Road, Kingston Upon Thames, KT2 6HD
Sold Oct 2022
£937,000
Versus other Shortlands Road homes
51a outperforms the street on epc rating by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£7,913
Street avg £6,800
Floor Area
115 m²
Street avg 95 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.7 t/year
Street avg 4.5 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
Elm Road / Kingston — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
St Luke's CofE Primary School. 33 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
52.8dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.8dB







