21 Laburnum Road, Merton, London, SW19 1BH

21 Laburnum Road is a four-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Merton, London, London (SW19 1BH). It has a recorded floor area of 130 m² (around 1399 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (June 2020) shows a D (score 57), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in November 2009 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Very Poor to Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 78).

Sale prices here have outpaced London HPI: 10.6% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£579/sq ft) was about 80% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 130 m² the property is well over the postcode median (77 m² across 29 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Most recent transfer: June 2021 at £810,000. 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. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.