2 Lancaster Gardens, Merton, London, SW19 5DG

2 Lancaster Gardens is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Merton, London, London (SW19 5DG). It has a recorded floor area of 130 m² (around 1399 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (January 2023) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since January 2022. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, window efficiency went from Poor to Good and lighting went from Good to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 66).

At 130 m² it sits well below the postcode median (400 m² across 27 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 85% of similar EPCs). 2 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. 5 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£1,286/sq ft) was about 83.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: July 2022 at £1,800,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.