9 Ashcombe Road, Merton, London, SW19 8JP

9 Ashcombe Road is a three-bedroom mid-terrace house in Merton, London, London (SW19 8JP). It has a recorded floor area of 162 m² (around 1744 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (March 2024) shows an F (score 37), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it C (December 2008); the latest reading is 3 bands lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, roof efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Very Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to E (score 51). Main heating runs on electricity. Period features are noted in the property record.

Sale prices here have outpaced London HPI: 7.6% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £1,107,000 sits 121.4% above the 2012 sale of £500,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£287/sq ft) was about 20.3% below the postcode norm. At 162 m² the property is well over the postcode median (101 m² across 33 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 4 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a basement excavation, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On the market in October 2012 and unlisted since — roughly 14 years.