6 Cumberland Drive, Chessington, KT9 1HQ

6 Cumberland Drive is a one-bedroom detached house in Chessington (KT9 1HQ). It has a recorded floor area of 31 m² (around 334 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1930-1949. The latest certificate (June 2015) shows a D (score 58), a step below the typical UK home. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since October 2014. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Very Good and window efficiency went from Average to Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 99), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on to be used only when there is no heating/hot. The latest certificate is from June 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since October 2006 — that's 20 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 31 m² it sits well below the postcode median (94 m² across 19 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £415,000 is 43.1% above the 2006 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£869/sq ft) was about 138.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode.