15 Douglas Road, Surbiton, KT6 7RZ

15 Douglas Road is a five-bedroom detached house in Surbiton (KT6 7RZ). It has a recorded floor area of 151 m² (around 1625 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (January 2016) shows an E (score 43), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 71), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from January 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since October 2003 — that's 23 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 151 m² the property is well over the postcode median (108 m² across 24 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Across 1998–2003, sale prices on this property compounded at 11.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £921,000 sits 152.3% above the 2003 sale of £365,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£225/sq ft) was about 36.9% below the postcode norm. 4 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.