5 Beech Close, Merton, London, SW19 4TU

5 Beech Close is a three-bedroom mid-terrace house in Merton, London, London (SW19 4TU). It has a recorded floor area of 98 m² (around 1055 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (December 2018) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (October 2008); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 2-band jump.

Sale prices here have outpaced London HPI: 6.7% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£891/sq ft) was about 45.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works, an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 98 m² it's 15.2% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (116 m² median across 8 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 88% of similar EPCs). Most recent transfer: September 2022 at £940,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.