43 College Road, Merton, London, SW19 2BP

43 College Road is a three-bedroom mid-terrace house in Merton, London, London (SW19 2BP). It has a recorded floor area of 103 m² (around 1109 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (October 2017) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in March 2017 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good and main heating went from Average to Good; while lighting dropped from Very Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 75).

Sale prices here have outpaced London HPI: 18.7% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£550/sq ft) was about 73.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 103 m² the property is well over the postcode median (60 m² across 34 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Most recent transfer: March 2021 at £610,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.