Highview, Layhams Road, Keston, BR2 6AR
About Highview
Highview is a detached house in Keston (BR2 6AR). It has a recorded floor area of 483 m² (around 5199 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (October 2020) shows a C (score 73). The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 84).
At 483 m² the property is well over the postcode median (89 m² across 18 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Last sale on file: £1,650,000 in September 2021. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. 4 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1997–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £2,265,000 is 37.3% above the 2021 sale price.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Highview's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
A a porch application was refused at Highview in 2022.
- Dec 2022OutbuildingOutlineIn report
Install an outdoor timber shed on the side of the property. Move the outdoor WC door (Lawful Development Certificate Proposed)
- Agent
- Grumitt Wade Mason
- Documents
- 9 docs on file
- Reference
- 22/04217/PLUD
- Jul 2022PorchFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Side and rear of property
Single storey side/rear extension and elevational alterations including a ramp to front porch.
- Agent
- GrumittWadeMason
Extension- Documents
- 10 docs on file
- Reference
- 21/04845/FULL6
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on Highview was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£2,265,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.5% per year over 25 years.
£1,650,000
Growth on file: 7.5% per year over 25 years.
Sales timeline
15 September 2021Most recent
£1,650,000
+44.7%over 5 years25 November 2015
£1,140,000
+90.0%over 16 years19 November 1999
£600,000
+118.2%over 2 years16 January 1997
£275,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in BR2 6AR: £250,000 (2020–2008).
Nearby sales in BR2 6AR
15 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
£250,000Holmshaw Farm, 2 Stable Cottages, Layhams Road, Keston, BR2 6AR
Sold Dec 2008
£250,000
Everything we know about Highview, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- A planning decision worth checking
Versus other Layhams Road homes
On price per m², Highview runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,416
Street avg £5,002
Floor Area
483 m²
Street avg 94 m²
Habitable Rooms
14 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
12.0 t/year
Street avg 6.1 t/year
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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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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
46.3dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.3dB