The House CheckCheck before you offer

8 Rust Square, London, SE5 7LG

TerracedFreehold172 m² · EPC
Last sale£1,137,346Dec 2024 · HM Land Registry
If it moved with Southwark terrace prices£1,163,000Aug 2026 · UK HPI
Flood planning zoneIn Flood Zone 3 — check defences and insurance
EnergyEPC DJun 2024
12MapN ↑119 m ↔
Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 · Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026

Before you offer

2 things to check

1Flood planning zone: In Flood Zone 3 — check defences and insurance

Flood Zone 3 can affect insurance costs even where flood defences protect the area.

Get an insurance quote and ask the conveyancer for a flood search.

Environment Agency · Oct 2026

2Radon: Testing advised

Higher-radon area (1–3% of homes). Radon can affect long-term health.

Ask for existing test results or use a 3-month test kit, about £50.

BGS / UKHSA · Dec 2022

+ Flood risk very low · Outside coal high-risk area · EPC D

Not covered here yet: conservation area, listed buildings nearby, article 4 direction, tree protection, road noise, rail noise, airport noise. Your conveyancer’s local search covers the planning checks.

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Price

If it moved with Southwark terrace prices

£1,163,000

How does the asking price compare?

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This home’s sale history

Mar 2000 £385,000Mar 2004 £545,000Dec 2024 £1,137,346Mar 2000Dec 2024£1,137,346
SoldPriceTypeTenureRecord
Dec 2024£1,137,346TerracedFreeholdA
Mar 2004£545,000TerracedFreeholdA
Mar 2000£385,000TerracedFreeholdA

Street sales

AddressSoldPriceTypeTenure
8 Rust Square, London, SE5 7LGDec 2024£1,137,346TerracedFreehold
6 Rust Square, London, SE5 7LGAug 2014£690,000TerracedFreehold
5 Rust Square, London, SE5 7LGAug 2004£317,500TerracedFreehold
8 Rust Square, London, SE5 7LGMar 2004£545,000TerracedFreehold
8 Rust Square, London, SE5 7LGMar 2000£385,000TerracedFreehold
5 Rust Square, London, SE5 7LGDec 1999£110,000TerracedFreehold
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The land

Flood planning zone: In Flood Zone 3 — check defences and insurance

Flood Zone 3 can affect insurance costs even where flood defences protect the area.

Get an insurance quote and ask the conveyancer for a flood search.

Environment Agency · Oct 2026

Radon: Testing advised

Higher-radon area (1–3% of homes). Radon can affect long-term health.

Ask for existing test results or use a 3-month test kit, about £50.

BGS / UKHSA · Dec 2022

+ Flood risk very low · Outside coal high-risk area

Not covered here yet: conservation area, listed buildings nearby, article 4 direction, tree protection. Your conveyancer’s local search covers the planning checks.

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The building

EPC D

Poor insulation or an EPC E–G rating can mean higher heating bills.

Read the full certificate and ask about insulation and heating costs.

EPC · Jun 2024

Floor area
172 m²
Potential EPC band
C
Age band
England and Wales: 1976-1982
Walls (certificate wording)
Cavity wall, as built, partial insulation (assumed)
Roof (certificate wording)
Pitched, 100 mm loft insulation
Windows (certificate wording)
Fully double glazed
Heating (certificate wording)
Boiler and radiators, mains gas
Building height
Unavailable

EPC · Jun 2024

Living

Broadband in the area

Postcode residential gigabit coverage: 100%

Full fibre in the local authority: 82.5%

Ofcom · Jan 2026

Schools nearby

DfE GIAS · Nov 2026 · Ofsted · Sep 2026

Area context

Deprivation decile (1 is most deprived within its nation): 4 · England 2025

Recorded police incidents: 534

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Next steps

Ask a surveyor to confirm Level 2 or Level 3 after reviewing the age, condition and alterations.

Ask the conveyancer about local authority, drainage, environmental, flood and mining searches appropriate to this address.

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Questions for the agent

Questions for your surveyor and conveyancer

Ask the surveyor

Which survey level covers this home’s condition, damp, cracks and any alterations?

  • Radon: Ask for existing test results or use a 3-month test kit, about £50.

Ask the conveyancer

Which title, drainage and local searches are needed for this address?

  • Flood planning zone: Get an insurance quote and ask the conveyancer for a flood search.
Sources and licences

Contains British Geological Survey materials © UKRI 2026

Radon Potential classification UK Health Security Agency © Crown copyright 2022

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved.

INSPIRE conditions · Sources and licences