18 Gilbert Road, Merton, London, SW19 1BP

18 Gilbert Road is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Merton, London, London (SW19 1BP). It has a recorded floor area of 90 m² (around 969 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (October 2020) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in February 2012 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Good to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump. Period features are noted in the property record.

Sale prices here have outpaced London HPI: 7.2% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £809,000 is 16.4% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£717/sq ft) was about 100.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 90 m² the property is well over the postcode median (66 m² across 27 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Most recent transfer: March 2021 at £695,000. 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, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.