4 Beech Close, Merton, London, SW19 4TU

4 Beech Close is a five-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Merton, London, London (SW19 4TU). It has a recorded floor area of 145 m² (around 1561 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (September 2021) shows a C (score 76), near the top of the C band. When first surveyed in May 2010 the rating was F, the property has climbed 3 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average, window efficiency went from Poor to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 84).

Sale prices here have outpaced London HPI: 8.3% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£1,224/sq ft) was about 99.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 145 m² the property is well over the postcode median (107 m² across 8 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 an extension and a basement excavation, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last sale on file: £1,910,000 in September 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.