3 Dickens Close, Richmond, TW10 7AU

3 Dickens Close is a five-bedroom detached house in Richmond (TW10 7AU). It has a recorded floor area of 248 m² (around 2669 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band H. The latest certificate (January 2019) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in November 2008 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 76). The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.

At 248 m² the property is well over the postcode median (186 m² across 6 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 83% of similar EPCs). 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, a garage conversion and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2007–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.8% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£1,124/sq ft) was about 64.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold June 2021 for £3,000,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.