14 Burley Close, Merton, London, SW16 4QQ

14 Burley Close is a semi-detached house in Merton, London, London (SW16 4QQ). It has a recorded floor area of 149 m² (around 1604 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (March 2025) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since April 2012. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump.

Sale prices here have outpaced London HPI: 9.1% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £642,000 is 11.8% below the 2021 sale of £727,500, a rare downward gap that often correlates with deferred maintenance or unfinished works. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£454/sq ft) was about 44.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 149 m² the property is well over the postcode median (88 m² across 17 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 6 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 5 refused. Past consents include an extension and a garage conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Sold October 2021 for £727,500. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.