7 Hillside, Merton, London, SW19 4NH

7 Hillside is a six-bedroom semi-detached house in Merton, London, London (SW19 4NH). It has a recorded floor area of 30 m² (around 323 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band G. At 30 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (30–444 m²). The building's EPC ratings span E to C across 11 units on file. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe. Period features are noted in the property record. The latest certificate (November 2020) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in November 2020 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 72).

At 30 m² it sits well below the postcode median (243 m² across 10 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 6 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. 5 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, tree works and a basement excavation, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £3,710,000 is 32.5% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£8,671/sq ft) was about 849% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £2,800,000 in May 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.