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Buying at SW19 3HB

Before you offer on a home at SW19 3HB: the checks to raise with your surveyor and conveyancer, whether an asking price stands up against what sold nearby, how prices here have moved since 1995, what it costs to run a home, and a buyer's report for every home on the postcode.

2 things to raise before an offer, and a street where the typical sale was £1.19m. In Merton Park.

2 to check3 clear£1.19m typical on Dorset Road

The checklist

Before you make an offer

Check
Ground: shrink-swell clay (subsidence) significantBGS rates the wider 5 km area for these; it describes the area, not the plot. Mention it to your surveyor, especially for an older home or big trees near the house.
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Noise above WHO guidelines: road 66 dB24-hour averages from Defra's 2022 noise maps (England). Visit at rush hour and at night.
Note
Busy road: A24, 820 m awayAbout 32,045 vehicles a day in 2025 (DfT traffic counts).
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Inside London's ULEZOlder vehicles that don't meet its standards pay a daily charge to drive here.
Clear
No coal mining riskOutside the Coal Authority's coalfield.
Clear
No river or sea flood risk recordedNot in the Environment Agency's high or medium risk areas. Surface water isn't included: check the exact address on GOV.UK.
Clear
Gigabit broadband100% of premises in the postcode can get it (Ofcom).

Xoserve, UKHSA/BGS radon atlas, BGS GeoSure, Coal Authority, Environment Agency (© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026), Defra noise maps, Historic England, Ofcom, council planning registers (OGL). For a particular home, its buyer's report (below) adds tenure, energy rating, age and extensions.

Price

Is the asking price fair?

£1.19mtypical sale on Dorset Road, last 10 years

£7,230typical price per m² in Merton Park

£4,260–£10,380per m² for homes at SW19 3HB sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £7,230 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £651k. Check an asking price.

HM Land Registry sold prices; floor areas from energy certificates.

Trend

Prices in Merton Park

Merton Park

+19% over ten years (2015 to 2025).

Typical (median) sale price each year, all home types, HM Land Registry.

Comparables

What sold nearby in the last two years

Type	Sales	Typical	Range
Detached	3	£1.36m	£600k – £1.71m
Semi-detached	31	£1.15m	£290k – £2.15m
Terraced	37	£835k	£307k – £1.29m
Flat	44	£390k	£150k – £1.32m

Standard sales in Merton Park. Every recent sale.

Running costs

What it costs to live here

A home's own band, energy rating and typical bills are in its buyer's report.

MHCLG council tax; Xoserve gas connections.

Supply

How often homes come up

3sales on Dorset Road in the last two years

115sales in Merton Park in the last two years

HM Land Registry standard sales.

Check a home

Buyer's reports for homes at SW19 3HB

Home	Last sold	Floor area
30, Dorset RoadDetached	£1,550,000, Feb 2019	160 m²	Buyer's report →
32, Dorset RoadDetached	£1,070,000, Nov 2012	168 m²	Buyer's report →
34, Dorset RoadSemi-detached	£801,230, Jul 2015	188 m²	Buyer's report →
36, Dorset RoadSemi-detached	£1,495,000, Dec 2023	185 m²	Buyer's report →
38, Dorset RoadSemi-detached	£1,090,000, May 2016	105 m²	Buyer's report →
42, Dorset RoadSemi-detached	£970,000, Jun 2021	120 m²	Buyer's report →
48, Dorset RoadSemi-detached	£138,500, May 1996	–	Buyer's report →
50, Dorset RoadSemi-detached	£1,320,000, May 2022	156 m²	Buyer's report →
52, Dorset RoadSemi-detached	£250,000, Jun 1998	–	Buyer's report →
56, Dorset Road

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Buying at SW19 3HB

2 things to raise before an offer, and a street where the typical sale was £1.19m. In Merton Park.

2 to check3 clear£1.19m typical on Dorset Road

Before you make an offer

Check

Ground: shrink-swell clay (subsidence) significantBGS rates the wider 5 km area for these; it describes the area, not the plot. Mention it to your surveyor, especially for an older home or big trees near the house.

Check

Noise above WHO guidelines: road 66 dB24-hour averages from Defra's 2022 noise maps (England). Visit at rush hour and at night.

Note

Busy road: A24, 820 m awayAbout 32,045 vehicles a day in 2025 (DfT traffic counts).

Note

Inside London's ULEZOlder vehicles that don't meet its standards pay a daily charge to drive here.

Clear

No coal mining riskOutside the Coal Authority's coalfield.

Clear

No river or sea flood risk recordedNot in the Environment Agency's high or medium risk areas. Surface water isn't included: check the exact address on GOV.UK.

Clear

Gigabit broadband100% of premises in the postcode can get it (Ofcom).

Is the asking price fair?

£1.19mtypical sale on Dorset Road, last 10 years

£7,230typical price per m² in Merton Park

£4,260–£10,380per m² for homes at SW19 3HB sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £7,230 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £651k. Check an asking price.

HM Land Registry sold prices; floor areas from energy certificates.

What homes cost and rent in Merton Park, by size

Size	Typical value today	Cheaper quarter	Estimated rent	Gross yield
1 bed	£277k	£189k	£1,650 a month	7.1%
2 beds	£451k	£373k	£1,950 a month	5.2%
3 beds	£770k	£675k	£2,750 a month	4.3%
4+ beds	£1.01m	£829k	£4,100 a month	4.9%
All homes	£769k	£554k	£2,380 a month	3.7%

Values: sales since 2021 of homes with an energy certificate (bedrooms estimated from its rooms), carried to today on the local price index; the cheaper quarter is what a quarter of them go for under. Rents are estimates: the council's typical private rent (ONS) adjusted for how values here compare, or the postcode district's own rent (ONS, London). Gross yield = a year's rent ÷ value, before costs. Compare it with other places