42 Carlisle Road, Cheam, Sutton, SM1 2EF

42 Carlisle Road is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Cheam, Sutton, Sutton (SM1 2EF). It has a recorded floor area of 36 m² (around 388 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band B. At 36 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (36–142 m²). The building's EPC ratings span E to D, with this unit at the bottom. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy. The latest certificate (May 2013) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 70), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from May 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 36 m² it sits well below the postcode median (98 m² across 21 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Sold October 2021 for £365,000. 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. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2017. Past consents include an extension, a conservatory and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2004–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 5% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£942/sq ft) was about 184.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode.