1 Birchwood Avenue, Wallington, SM6 7HE

1 Birchwood Avenue is a five-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Wallington (SM6 7HE). It has a recorded floor area of 185 m² (around 1991 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (April 2021) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in January 2009 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Good to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 74). Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 5.6% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £766,000 is 11.8% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£344/sq ft) was about 16.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 185 m² the property is well over the postcode median (90 m² across 12 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. 4 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last sale on file: £685,000 in June 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.