1 Brookside, Carshalton, SM5 3BW
About 1 Brookside
1 Brookside is a three-bedroom detached house in Carshalton (SM5 3BW). It has a recorded floor area of 88 m² (around 947 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (September 2015) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from September 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.
At 88 m² it's 19.8% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (110 m² median across 6 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2018. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £645,000 is 14.2% above the 2016 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£596/sq ft) was about 58.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last changed hands 10 years ago, in January 2016.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- GarageYes
Building
- TenureFreehold
- Extension potentialPossible
Energy performance
1 Brookside sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 01 Sept 2025
EPC Rating
Planning history
Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
- Feb 2018DemolitionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Side and rear of property
Demolition of existing rear extension and garage and erection of a new single storey rear and side extension.
- Agent
- KJC Architects
Extension- Documents
- 12 docs on file
- Reference
- C2017/78637
We flagged 1 thing worth checking at 1 Brookside
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
1 Brookside valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£645,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£565,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
28 January 2016Most recent
£565,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SM5 3BW: £487,000 (2025–2020).
Versus other Brookside homes
On price per m², 1 Brookside stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£6,420
Street avg £4,840
Floor Area
88 m²
Street avg 111 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.7 t/year
Street avg 4.1 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
14/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Carshalton High Street — bus stop.
Closest school
0.1 km
All Saints Carshalton Church of England Primary School. 41 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
54.2dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
45.1dB







