42 Cooks Road, Southwark, London, SE17 3NF
About 42 Cooks Road
42 Cooks Road is an end-of-terrace house in Southwark, London, London (SE17 3NF). It has a recorded floor area of 49 m² (around 527 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (November 2014) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 3 certificates since October 2013. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 70). The latest certificate is from November 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. At 49 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 18 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 39–101 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C across 18 units on file.
Most recent transfer: September 2022 at £297,000. 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 2005–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.7% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£563/sq ft) was about 75.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 49 m² it's 24.6% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (65 m² median across 17 EPCs).
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
42 Cooks Road'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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 04 Nov 2024
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
More low energy lighting installed
Planning history
42 Cooks Road has no planning applications on record.
The full report still covers planning activity across the surrounding area.
Sales history & valuation
42 Cooks Road has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 2005.
£302,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.7% per year over 17 years.
£297,000
Growth on file: 4.7% per year over 17 years.
Sales timeline
11 September 2022Most recent
£297,000
-5.7%over 5 years10 March 2017
£315,000
+31.2%over 1 year25 March 2015
£240,150
+77.9%over 9 years29 August 2005
£135,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SE17 3NF: £595,000 (2025–2014).
Nearby sales in SE17 3NF
20 Cooks Road, Southwark, London, SE17 3NF
Sold Mar 2025
£410,00054 Cooks Road, Southwark, London, SE17 3NF
Sold Aug 2022
£600,00052 Cooks Road, Southwark, London, SE17 3NF
Sold Jun 2021
£1,019,00036 Cooks Road, Southwark, London, SE17 3NF
Sold Aug 2014
£235,00056 Cooks Road, Southwark, London, SE17 3NF
Sold Aug 2014
£500,000
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Versus other Cooks Road homes
42 Cooks Road outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£6,061
Street avg £4,118
Floor Area
49 m²
Street avg 63 m²
Habitable Rooms
2 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
2.5 t/year
Street avg 2.7 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
19/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Cook's Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
John Ruskin Primary School and Language Classes. 98 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
55.6dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
44.7dB