Flat A, 56 High Street, Beckenham, BR3 1AY

Flat A is a semi-detached house in Beckenham (BR3 1AY). It has a recorded floor area of 83 m² (around 893 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (July 2021) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since May 2009. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 75).

At 83 m² the property is well over the postcode median (59 m² across 33 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2004. Past consents include an extension and change of use to residential, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2014–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £479,000 is 13.4% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£473/sq ft) was about 19.1% below the postcode norm. Sold May 2022 for £422,500. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.