61 Sunningdale Road, Cheam, Sutton, SM1 2JU
About 61 Sunningdale Road
61 Sunningdale Road is a semi-detached house in Cheam, Sutton, Sutton (SM1 2JU). It has a recorded floor area of 88 m² (around 947 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (March 2022) shows an E (score 43), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in July 2020 the rating was G, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and main heating went from Average to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 65). At 88 m² this is the 17th smallest of 25 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 67–152 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to C across 25 units on file.
Today's modelled estimate of £409,000 is 19.8% below the 2021 sale of £510,000, a rare downward gap that often correlates with deferred maintenance or unfinished works. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£538/sq ft) was about 55.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. One planning record on file: subdivision approved in 2015. Past consents include subdivision, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 71% of similar EPCs). Last sale on file: £510,000 in September 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Energy performance
61 Sunningdale Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Replaced storage heaters with gas boiler
Connected to mains gas supply
Hot water system changed
Windows upgraded, improving insulation
Wall insulation improved
Planning history
Council records show a subdivision application — the property's legal arrangement has been altered.
- Apr 2015SubdivisionFullIn report
Retention of premises as two dwelling units (Removal of condition 2 of planning approval ref: 73/11144 which states:'The permission hereby granted shall endure for the benefit of the applicant only and should any of the two families vacate the premises the use shall revert to one unit of accommodation and shall not remain as two separate dwelling units').
Retrospective- Reference
- B2015/71307
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£409,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£510,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
5 September 2021Most recent
£510,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SM1 2JU: £570,000 (2024–2021).
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Sold May 2022
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Sold Dec 2021
£512,00019 Sunningdale Road, Cheam, Sutton, SM1 2JU
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£420,000
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
9/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.4 km
Alexandra Avenue (SM1) — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
Westbourne Primary School. 43 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
52.8dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.2dB







