1 Park Cottages, Westerham Road, Keston, BR2 6HG
About 1 Park Cottages
1 Park Cottages is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Keston (BR2 6HG). It has a recorded floor area of 94 m² (around 1012 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (July 2014) shows an E (score 45), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 80), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from July 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.
4 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. 11 years since the last transfer (January 2015). Across 1999–2015, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £536,000 is 27.6% above the 2015 sale price.
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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
- Bedrooms2
- Bathrooms1
Outside
- GarageDouble
Building
- Extension potentialPossible
Energy performance
1 Park 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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 24 Jul 2024
EPC Rating
Planning history
1 Park Cottages has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
- Aug 2019OutbuildingFullIn report
Detached garden building to provide single person disabled accommodation
- Agent
- Red House Architects
- Documents
- 11 docs on file
- Reference
- 19/02206/FULL6
- Sept 2017Tree WorksTreesIn report
T1 Cherry in rear garden - Crown reduce by 3m.
- Agent
- TreeMechanics
- Documents
- 2 docs on file
- Reference
- 17/03974/TREE
What's in 1 Park Cottages, Westerham Road, Keston, BR2 6HG's planning history?
2 more on this property, plus refusals, disputes and full decisions nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
Sale price has at least doubled since 1999.
£536,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.5% per year over 15 years.
£420,000
Growth on file: 6.5% per year over 15 years.
Sales timeline
30 January 2015Most recent
£420,000
+162.5%over 15 years26 August 1999
£160,000
Median price across the last 2 sales in BR2 6HG: £228,500 (2010–1997).
Nearby sales in BR2 6HG
Everything we know about 1 Park Cottages, in one report
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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
0.0 km
Westerham Road / The Keston Mark — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Ravens Wood School. 15 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.4dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.7dB