49 Longdon Wood, Keston, BR2 6EN
About 49 Longdon Wood
49 Longdon Wood is a three-bedroom detached house in Keston (BR2 6EN). It has a recorded floor area of 109 m² (around 1173 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (May 2022) shows an F (score 22), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 3-band jump.
4 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. At 109 m² it sits well below the postcode median (316 m² across 17 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 76% of similar EPCs). On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£1,159/sq ft) was about 267.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: November 2022 at £1,360,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms1
Energy performance
49 Longdon Wood's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Planning history at 49 Longdon Wood is exclusively tree-management applications — typical for a property with mature trees on or near the plot.
- Nov 2024Tree WorksTreesIn report
Conifers in rear garden - Fell.
- Documents
- 4 docs on file
- Reference
- 24/04115/TREE
- Mar 2013Tree WorksTreesIn report
Intention to crown thin by 20%, cut back 2 lower limbs to 6ft, cut back 2 limbs overhanging No.47 to 6ft and rebalance canopy of 1 oak on left hand side on front garden TREES IN CONSERVAION AREA
Conservation Area- Documents
- 3 docs on file
- Reference
- 08/03111/TREE
What's in 49 Longdon Wood, Keston, BR2 6EN's planning history?
2 more on this property, plus refusals, disputes and full decisions nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£1,446,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£1,360,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
30 November 2022Most recent
£1,360,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in BR2 6EN: £2,100,000 (2025–2019).
Everything we know about 49 Longdon Wood, in one report
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Versus other Longdon Wood homes
49 Longdon Wood outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£12,477
Street avg £5,761
Floor Area
109 m²
Street avg 331 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 8 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
13.0 t/year
Street avg 9.9 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
0.1 km
Rushley Close — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
Ravens Wood School. 15 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
48.9dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.4dB