78 West Common Road, Bromley, BR2 7BY
About 78 West Common Road
78 West Common Road is a detached house in Bromley (BR2 7BY). It has a recorded floor area of 191 m² (around 2056 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (September 2016) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 73), a 2-band jump.
4 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 191 m² it's 15.7% larger than the typical home in the postcode (165 m² median across 26 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 77% of similar EPCs).
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
78 West Common Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
78 West Common Road has been extended on multiple sides of the property across separate planning applications.
- Mar 2004ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Two storey · Rear of property
Two storey rear extension
- Documents
- 9 docs on file
- Reference
- 04/00602/FULL6
- Jun 2003PorchFullIn report
Extension: Rear of property
Additional pitched roof above existing porch/garage and single storey rear extensions
Extension- Reference
- 03/01760/FULL6
What's in 78 West Common Road, Bromley, BR2 7BY's planning history?
2 more on this property, plus refusals, disputes and full decisions nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
78 West Common Road has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£1,182,000
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 7BY: £1,175,000 (2024–2022).
Nearby sales in BR2 7BY
Burton Pynsent House, Flat 10, West Common Road, Bromley, BR2 7BY
Sold Mar 2024
£1,175,000106 West Common Road, Bromley, BR2 7BY
Sold Dec 2023
£1,150,000Burton Pynsent House, Flat 9, West Common Road, Bromley, BR2 7BY
Sold May 2023
£1,200,00074 West Common Road, Bromley, BR2 7BY
Sold Apr 2023
£1,225,000Burton Pynsent House, Flat 4, West Common Road, Bromley, BR2 7BY
Sold Nov 2022
£890,000
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Versus other West Common Road homes
Floor Area for 78 West Common Road runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
EPC Rating
51 (E)
Street avg 60 (D)
Floor Area
191 m²
Street avg 181 m²
CO₂ Emissions
9.8 t/year
Street avg 7.6 t/year
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
4/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.3 km
Baston School — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Hayes School. 19 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
52.9dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
44.2dB