31 Rowan Crescent, Merton, London, SW16 5JA

31 Rowan Crescent is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Merton, London, London (SW16 5JA). It has a recorded floor area of 118 m² (around 1270 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (September 2025) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump.

Held since January 2005 — that's 22 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 118 m² the property is well over the postcode median (88 m² across 39 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 1996–2005, sale prices on this property compounded at 15.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £573,000 sits 149.1% above the 2005 sale of £230,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£181/sq ft) was about 40.8% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2004. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.