205 Western Road, Merton, London, SW19 2QD

205 Western Road is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Merton, London, London (SW19 2QD). It has a recorded floor area of 76 m² (around 818 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (December 2020) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in May 2015 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 89), a 2-band jump. Period features are noted in the property record.

Sale prices here have outpaced London HPI: 8% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £568,000 is 15.9% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£599/sq ft) was about 87.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold March 2022 for £490,000. Across the public record there are 6 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. 4 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 77% of similar EPCs).