3 The Drive, Beckenham, BR3 1EE

3 The Drive is a mid-terrace house in Beckenham (BR3 1EE). It has a recorded floor area of 150 m² (around 1615 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (January 2022) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since October 2020. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Average to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump.

At 150 m² the property is well over the postcode median (100 m² across 19 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2021–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 59.2% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£591/sq ft) was about 91% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: April 2022 at £955,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.