1 Cottage Avenue, Bromley, BR2 8LQ
About 1 Cottage Avenue
1 Cottage Avenue is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Bromley (BR2 8LQ). It has a recorded floor area of 62 m² (around 667 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (September 2019) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 72), a 2-band jump. The home occupies a corner plot.
3 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 74% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £409,000 is 36.3% above the 2020 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£450/sq ft) was about 45.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold January 2020 for £300,000.
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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
- Corner plotYes
Building
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Mar 2023PorchFullIn report
Extension: Side and rear of property
Single storey side and rear extension with side porch and two parking space (Retrospective)
- Agent
- Design Tect
RetrospectiveExtension- Documents
- 20 docs on file
- Reference
- 21/01326/FULL6
- Jun 2020PorchFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Side and rear of property
Demolition of existing garage and construction of new parking space and single storey rear and side extension with side porch.
- Agent
- CANOPY PLANNING SERVICES LTD
Extension- Documents
- 16 docs on file
- Reference
- 20/01269/FULL6
We flagged 2 things worth checking at 1 Cottage Avenue
Independent checks surfaced things a buyer would want to understand before offering. The report explains each one in full, with the underlying data and what to ask.
- Signs of HMO activity in the area
- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£409,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£300,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
10 January 2020Most recent
£300,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in BR2 8LQ: £380,000 (2024–2021).
Nearby sales in BR2 8LQ
Everything we know about 1 Cottage Avenue, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Signs of HMO activity in the area
- Larger development activity nearby
Versus other Cottage Avenue homes
1 Cottage Avenue is notably below the street on epc rating.
Price per m²
£4,839
Street avg £4,422
Floor Area
62 m²
Street avg 70 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.4 t/year
Street avg 3.5 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
Oakley Road / Holy Trinity Ch — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Trinity Church of England Primary School. 25 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
49.9dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.9dB