Blacksmiths Cottage, Wrythe Green Road, Carshalton, SM5 2QT

Blacksmiths Cottage is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Carshalton (SM5 2QT). It has a recorded floor area of 64 m² (around 689 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2003-2006 and council tax band C. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. The latest certificate (January 2022) shows a C (score 73). The rating has held steady at C across 2 certificates since May 2011. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 89).

Most recent transfer: July 2022 at £422,500. 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: new windows approved in 2007. Past consents include new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 80% of similar EPCs). Across 2005–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.6% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£613/sq ft) was about 135.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode.