2 Charles Babbage Close, Chessington, KT9 2SA

2 Charles Babbage Close is a four-bedroom detached house in Chessington (KT9 2SA). It has a recorded floor area of 158 m² (around 1701 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (January 2020) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 76).

It hasn't traded since October 2000, a hold of 26 years that's notably long for the area. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 158 m² the property is well over the postcode median (78 m² across 16 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £703,000 sits 151.1% above the 2000 sale of £279,995. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£165/sq ft) was about 40.4% below the postcode norm.