5 Linden Cottages, Oldfield Road, Merton, London, SW19 4SE

5 Linden Cottages is a three-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Merton, London, London (SW19 4SE). It has a recorded floor area of 112 m² (around 1206 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (August 2018) shows an E (score 39), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include a conservatory and a basement.

It hasn't traded since February 2000, a hold of 26 years that's notably long for the area. Sale prices here have outpaced London HPI: 33.4% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £1,300,000 sits 225% above the 2000 sale of £400,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£332/sq ft) was about 58.2% below the postcode norm. At 112 m² the property is well over the postcode median (74 m² across 3 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 tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.