3 Layhams Farm Cottages, Layhams Road, Keston, BR2 6AR
About 3 Layhams Farm Cottages
3 Layhams Farm Cottages is a detached house in Keston (BR2 6AR). It has a recorded floor area of 107 m² (around 1146 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (May 2009) shows an E (score 43), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from May 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2004. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 107 m² it's 20% larger than the typical home in the postcode (89 m² median across 18 EPCs).
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
3 Layhams Farm Cottages's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 03 May 2019
EPC Rating
Planning history
Council records include a part-single-part-two-storey extension at 3 Layhams Farm Cottages.
- Mar 2004ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Part single, part two storey
Part one/part two storey extension
- Documents
- 5 docs on file
- Reference
- 04/00275/FULL6
What's in 3 Layhams Farm Cottages, Layhams Road, Keston, BR2 6AR's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
3 Layhams Farm Cottages has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£732,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 5 sales in BR2 6AR: £900,000 (2021–2015).
Nearby sales in BR2 6AR
Highview, Layhams Road, Keston, BR2 6AR
Sold Sept 2021
£1,650,00015 Keston Showmans Park, Layhams Road, Keston, BR2 6AR
Sold Nov 2020
£5,000Holmshaw Farm, Layhams Road, Keston, BR2 6AR
Sold May 2019
£75,000Waytes Cottage, Layhams Road, Keston, BR2 6AR
Sold Aug 2017
£900,0001 Holmshaw Bungalows, Layhams Road, Keston, BR2 6AR
Sold Jan 2015
£250,000
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Versus other Layhams Road homes
On co₂ emissions, 3 Layhams Farm Cottages runs well behind the street norm.
EPC Rating
43 (E)
Street avg 61 (D)
Floor Area
107 m²
Street avg 117 m²
CO₂ Emissions
7.7 t/year
Street avg 6.3 t/year
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
4/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.4 km
King Henry's Drive / Homestead Way — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
Fairchildes Primary School. 9 schools nearby.
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The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
46.3dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.3dB