17 Astor Close, Kingston Upon Thames, KT2 7LT

17 Astor Close is a four-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Kingston Upon Thames (KT2 7LT). It has a recorded floor area of 70 m² (around 753 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (April 2022) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in July 2010 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 88), a 2-band jump.

Across 2011–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £1,096,000 is 12.3% below the 2022 sale of £1,250,000, running counter to the wider postcode trend, which makes the EPC and condition history especially worth a look. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£1,659/sq ft) was about 260.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 70 m² it sits well below the postcode median (139 m² across 15 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 4 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Last sale on file: £1,250,000 in October 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.