1 Grooms Cottage, Barwell Lane, Chessington, KT9 2LZ

1 Grooms Cottage is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Chessington (KT9 2LZ). It has a recorded floor area of 35 m² (around 377 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (June 2020) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in March 2009 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and lighting went from Poor to Very Good. Other recorded features include outbuildings. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

At 35 m² it sits well below the postcode median (123 m² across 15 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. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£743/sq ft) was about 142% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £280,000 in January 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.