12 Merttins Road, Southwark, London, SE15 3EB
About 12 Merttins Road
12 Merttins Road is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Southwark, London, London (SE15 3EB). It has a recorded floor area of 134 m² (around 1442 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (June 2022) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it B (August 2009); the latest reading is 3 bands lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Very Good to Very Poor and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump. Period features are noted in the property record.
One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2023. Past consents include an extension, a conservatory and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 75% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £935,000 is 11.3% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£582/sq ft) was about 74.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold November 2022 for £840,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms1
Building
- Heating systemgas
- Period featuresYes
Energy performance
12 Merttins Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Hot water efficiency decreased
Hot water system changed
More low energy lighting installed
Planning history
Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
- Apr 2023ConservatoryFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Demolition of rear lean-to extension and construction of single storey rear extension within the same footprint to existing lean-to, construction of conservatory in side return / infill.
- Agent
- KOH Architects Ltd
ExtensionDemolition- Documents
- 11 docs on file
- Reference
- 23/AP/0577
We flagged 2 things worth checking at 12 Merttins Road
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- Signs of HMO activity in the area
- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£935,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£840,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
18 November 2022Most recent
£840,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SE15 3EB: £348,000 (2021–2005).
Nearby sales in SE15 3EB
10 Merttins Road, Southwark, London, SE15 3EB
Sold May 2021
£870,0002 Merttins Road, Southwark, London, SE15 3EB
Sold Sept 2019
£787,0002c, Flat 2, Merttins Road, Southwark, London, SE15 3EB
Sold May 2010
£214,5008 Merttins Road, Southwark, London, SE15 3EB
Sold Dec 2005
£285,0004 Merttins Road, Southwark, London, SE15 3EB
Sold Mar 2001
£213,000
Everything we know about 12 Merttins Road, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Signs of HMO activity in the area
- Larger development activity nearby

Versus other Merttins Road homes
EPC Rating for 12 Merttins Road lags the street by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
51 (E)
Street avg 58 (D)
Floor Area
134 m²
Street avg 133 m²
CO₂ Emissions
7.0 t/year
Street avg 5.6 t/year
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
11/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.0 km
Inverton Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Ivydale Primary School. 76 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.7dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.2dB