25 Dorset Road, Merton, London, SW19 3EY

25 Dorset Road is a five-bedroom semi-detached house in Merton, London, London (SW19 3EY). It has a recorded floor area of 177 m² (around 1907 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. Other recorded features include a conservatory. The latest certificate (April 2011) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in January 2009 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Average, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good; while lighting dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The latest certificate is from April 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 177 m² the property is well over the postcode median (74 m² across 17 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 76% of similar EPCs). 5 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works, an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £2,092,000 is 43.3% above the 2011 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£766/sq ft) was about 79.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On the market in August 2011 and unlisted since — roughly 15 years.