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About 259 Railton Road
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
259 Railton Road is a mid-terrace house in Lambeth, London, London (SE24 0LY). It has a recorded floor area of 81 m² (around 872 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (November 2022) shows a G (score 13), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 88), a 5-band jump.
At 81 m² it's 25.7% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (109 m² median across 17 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 4 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£763/sq ft) was about 221.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: December 2022 at £665,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
259 Railton Road sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
G13
Main Heating
Electric
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Very Poor
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
7.1 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Planning history
Applications and permits filed against 259 Railton Road, Lambeth, London, SE24 0LY, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
A recent planning application at 259 Railton Road was refused — worth checking the council file.
- Mar 2026FullPending
Erection of 1.2m brick boundary wall with gate and bin enclosure.
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£709,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
Last sold (2022)
£665,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
Versus other Railton Road homes
Four headline reads against 14 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
259 Railton Road is notably below the street on epc rating.
Price per m²
£8,210
Street avg £5,905
Floor Area
81 m²
Street avg 111 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
Similar properties nearby
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The neighbourhood at a glance
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Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
8/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Herne Hill Rail Station — railway station.
Road noise across the postcode
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Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
53.7dB
Everything within walking distance
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