8 Calais Street, Lambeth, London, SE5 9LP
About 8 Calais Street
8 Calais Street is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Lambeth, London, London (SE5 9LP). It has a recorded floor area of 266 m² (around 2863 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (September 2017) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 65). Other recorded features include notable views.
At 266 m² the property is well over the postcode median (147 m² across 27 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 74% of similar EPCs). One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2015. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1999–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £2,110,000 is 15.6% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£637/sq ft) was about 41.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: April 2021 at £1,825,000. 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
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms4
- Utility roomYes
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- Notable viewsYes
Building
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
8 Calais Street's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
8 Calais Street has an approved single-storey side and rear extension on the planning record.
- Feb 2015ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Side and rear of property
Erection of a ground floor single storey rear and side extension, installation of 3 No. conservation style roof lights to existing rear pitched roof.
- Agent
- Moxon Architects
- Documents
- 8 docs on file
- Reference
- 14/06483/FUL
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 8 Calais Street was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£2,110,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.7% per year over 22 years.
£1,825,000
Growth on file: 8.7% per year over 22 years.
Sales timeline
8 April 2021Most recent
£1,825,000
+305.6%over 17 years9 September 2003
£450,000
+50.0%over 4 years8 July 1999
£300,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SE5 9LP: £1,420,000 (2025–2021).
Nearby sales in SE5 9LP
20 Calais Street, Lambeth, London, SE5 9LP
Sold May 2025
£1,420,00018 Calais Street, Lambeth, London, SE5 9LP
Sold Dec 2024
£1,250,00014 Calais Street, Lambeth, London, SE5 9LP
Sold May 2023
£1,475,0001 Calais Street, Lambeth, London, SE5 9LP
Sold Jun 2022
£1,500,00025a, Calais Street, Lambeth, London, SE5 9LP
Sold Jun 2021
£665,000
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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 Calais Street homes
On floor area, 8 Calais Street stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£6,861
Street avg £7,141
Floor Area
266 m²
Street avg 168 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
13.0 t/year
Street avg 6.3 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
13/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Patmos Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.1 km
Saint Gabriel's College. 103 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
54.4dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
43.6dB