18 Lower Sand Hills, Long Ditton, Surbiton, KT6 6RP

18 Lower Sand Hills is a seven-bedroom detached house in Long Ditton, Surbiton, Surbiton (KT6 6RP). It has a recorded floor area of 353 m² (around 3800 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (August 2019) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in July 2009 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Good to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 71).

At 353 m² the property is well over the postcode median (200 m² across 10 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 70% of similar EPCs). 7 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. 3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1999–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £2,576,000 is 15.5% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£587/sq ft) was about 145.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: May 2022 at £2,229,500. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.