1 Balaclava Road, Southwark, London, SE1 5PX
About 1 Balaclava Road
1 Balaclava Road is a three-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Southwark, London, London (SE1 5PX). It has a recorded floor area of 122 m² (around 1313 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (September 2016) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 3-band jump.
At 122 m² it's 20.3% larger than the typical home in the postcode (101 m² median across 12 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 3 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 2 is the typical count. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £832,000 is 30% above the 2017 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£487/sq ft) was about 66.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sold in January 2017, so it's been off the market for around 9 years.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
Building
- TenureFreehold
Energy performance
1 Balaclava Road sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
1 Balaclava Road has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
2 applications on record at 1 Balaclava Road, Southwark, London, SE1 5PX
- Aug 2018BasementFullOutcome in report
Extension: Single storey
Construction of a single storey basement/lower ground floor extension to create a one bedroom self-contained unit of accommodation with roof terrace above and new external staircase to garden for existing dwellinghouse.
Extension- Documents
- 68 docs on file
- Reference
- 18/AP/2095
- More recent applications — locked
- ExtensionFeb 2019Decision
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 1 Balaclava Road was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£832,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£640,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
30 January 2017Most recent
£640,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SE1 5PX: £435,000 (2017–2012).
Nearby sales in SE1 5PX
37 Balaclava Road, Southwark, London, SE1 5PX
Sold Sept 2017
£75,00023 Balaclava Road, Southwark, London, SE1 5PX
Sold May 2013
£488,50019 Balaclava Road, Southwark, London, SE1 5PX
Sold Feb 2013
£435,00021 Balaclava Road, Southwark, London, SE1 5PX
Sold Apr 2012
£450,00025 Balaclava Road, Southwark, London, SE1 5PX
Sold Jan 2012
£365,000
Versus other Balaclava Road homes
1 Balaclava Road outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£5,246
Street avg £3,283
Floor Area
122 m²
Street avg 102 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.6 t/year
Street avg 3.7 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Reported crime in the wider district is trending notably upward year-on-year.
Crime
44/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Harris Academy — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Harris Academy Bermondsey. 101 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
56.5dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
45.2dB







