1 Durnsford Avenue, Merton, London, SW19 8BH

1 Durnsford Avenue is an end-of-terrace house in Merton, London, London (SW19 8BH). It has a recorded floor area of 137 m² (around 1475 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (March 2025) shows a D (score 57), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in January 2021 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Poor to Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and main heating dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

3 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused, 1 pending. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. An active application for an extension is awaiting a decision. Sale prices here have outpaced London HPI: 7.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £1,330,000 is 24.9% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£722/sq ft) was about 16.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 137 m² the property is well over the postcode median (103 m² across 35 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Most recent transfer: June 2021 at £1,065,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.