43a, Gowlett Road, Southwark, London, SE15 4HX
About 43a
43a is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Southwark, London, London (SE15 4HX). It has a recorded floor area of 55 m² (around 592 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. At 55 m² this is the 12th smallest of 30 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 30–186 m². The building's EPC ratings span G to C across 30 units on file. Period features are noted in the property record. The latest certificate (November 2012) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 75). The latest certificate is from November 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£832/sq ft) was about 118.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 55 m² it's 15.4% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (65 m² median across 31 EPCs). 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Most recent transfer: April 2021 at £492,750. 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
- Bedrooms1
- Bathrooms1
Outside
- Private gardenYes
Building
- Period featuresYes
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
43a's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 29 Nov 2022
EPC Rating
Planning history
43a has an approved single-storey side and rear extension on the planning record.
- Mar 2024ConditionsIn report
Non-material amendment to Condition 1 (Approved Plans) of planning permission ref. 22/AP/0833 dated 06.05.2022 for 'Construction of a single storey ground floor side-rear extension and installation of a new ground floor side-facing window.' Non-material changes sought include changing the fully glazed pitched roof over the side extension to a solid pitched roof with two skylights and adding a rooflight to the flat roof of the rear extension, and changing the flank wall of the side extension from brickwork to render.
- Agent
- Sixty Two Limited
- Documents
- 9 docs on file
- Reference
- 24/AP/0646
- May 2022ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Side and rear of property
Construction of a single storey ground floor side-rear extension and installation of a new ground floor side-facing window.
- Agent
- Sixty Two Limited
- Documents
- 13 docs on file
- Reference
- 22/AP/0833
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- 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.
£530,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£492,750
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
22 April 2021Most recent
£492,750
Median price across the last 5 sales in SE15 4HX: £635,000 (2025–2022).
Nearby sales in SE15 4HX
19a, Gowlett Road, Southwark, London, SE15 4HX
Sold Apr 2025
£472,50021b, Gowlett Road, Southwark, London, SE15 4HX
Sold Oct 2024
£635,00021a, Gowlett Road, Southwark, London, SE15 4HX
Sold Sept 2024
£515,00025 Gowlett Road, Southwark, London, SE15 4HX
Sold Oct 2022
£1,645,00035 Gowlett Road, Southwark, London, SE15 4HX
Sold Sept 2022
£740,000
Everything we know about 43a, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby

Versus other Gowlett Road homes
43a outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£8,959
Street avg £5,498
Floor Area
55 m²
Street avg 59 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 3 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
2.9 t/year
Street avg 3.3 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
11/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Oakhurst Grove — bus stop.
Closest school
0.1 km
St John's and St Clement's Church of England Primary School. 74 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
54.5dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
44.4dB