59 Leyton Road, Merton, London, SW19 1DJ

59 Leyton Road is a three-bedroom mid-terrace house in Merton, London, London (SW19 1DJ). It has a recorded floor area of 88 m² (around 947 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (May 2020) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since May 2009. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, window efficiency went from Poor to Good and lighting went from Poor to Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and main heating dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 88), a 2-band jump. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.

Sale prices here have outpaced London HPI: 6.8% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £729,000 is 14.8% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£670/sq ft) was about 90.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 88 m² the property is well over the postcode median (67 m² across 24 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Sold June 2021 for £635,000. 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.