4 Girdlers Cottages, Choumert Road, Southwark, London, SE15 4SF
About 4 Girdlers Cottages
4 Girdlers Cottages is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Southwark, London, London (SE15 4SF). It has a recorded floor area of 50 m² (around 538 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. Tenure is freehold. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. Period features are noted in the property record. The latest certificate (September 2021) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in June 2009 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good and main heating went from Poor to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 88), a 2-band jump.
Sold February 2022 for £525,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. Across 1998–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.4% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£975/sq ft) was about 70.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2014.
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Valuation
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Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
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Trends
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What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms1
- Bathrooms1
Building
- TenureFreehold
- Listed buildingYes
- Period featuresYes
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Replaced storage heaters with gas boiler
Connected to mains gas supply
Hot water efficiency improved
Roof insulation improved
Planning history
- May 2014Tree WorksTreesIn report
T1: Ash tree - Remove and poison stump.
- Documents
- 1 doc on file
- Reference
- 14/AP/1033
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Sales history & valuation
4 Girdlers Cottages has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1998.
£545,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.4% per year over 24 years.
£525,000
Growth on file: 7.4% per year over 24 years.
Sales timeline
24 February 2022Most recent
£525,000
+94.1%over 10 years22 September 2011
£270,500
+12.7%over 1 year4 December 2009
£240,000
+146.2%over 11 years21 July 1998
£97,500
Median price across the last 4 sales in SE15 4SF: £425,000 (2024–2000).
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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
0.1 km
Chadwick Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
The Belham Primary School. 86 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
53.6dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
43.4dB