1 2, Lingfield Road, Merton, London, SW19 4QA

1 2 is a four-bedroom detached house in Merton, London, London (SW19 4QA). It has a recorded floor area of 438 m² (around 4715 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band H. The latest certificate (February 2023) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it C (March 2018); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 69), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe.

Held since April 1997 — that's 29 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 438 m² the property is well over the postcode median (105 m² across 12 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 75% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £6,016,000 sits 791.3% above the 1997 sale of £675,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£143/sq ft) was about 76.8% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.