23 Colesburg Road, Beckenham, BR3 4HP
About 23 Colesburg Road
23 Colesburg Road is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Beckenham (BR3 4HP). It has a recorded floor area of 108 m² (around 1163 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (January 2020) shows a D (score 59), a step below the typical UK home. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since July 2012. Between certificates, roof efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 80).
Sold June 2021 for £650,000. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2023. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 108 m² it's 18.4% larger than the typical home in the postcode (91 m² median across 36 EPCs). Across 1997–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £736,000 is 13.2% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£559/sq ft) was about 49% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
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Already flagged here
Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms2
- Dining roomYes
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
Energy performance
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
More low energy lighting installed
Planning history
23 Colesburg Road has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
- Jul 2023ExtensionOutlineIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Single storey rear extension, extending beyond the rear wall of the original house by 4.50, for which the maximum height would be 3.70m, and for which the height of the eaves would be 2.80m (42 Day Notification for Householder Permitted Development Prior Approval)
- Agent
- Skyline Design Ltd
- Documents
- 12 docs on file
- Reference
- 23/02219/HHPA
We flagged 2 things worth checking at 23 Colesburg Road
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- Signs of HMO activity in the area
- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Price for 23 Colesburg Road has grown more than fourfold since the 1997 starting point.
£736,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.3% per year over 24 years.
£650,000
Growth on file: 8.3% per year over 24 years.
Sales timeline
22 June 2021Most recent
£650,000
+80.6%over 8 years4 December 2012
£360,000
+50.0%over 7 years11 March 2005
£240,000
+4.4%over 2 years24 January 2003
£229,950
+139.5%over 5 years17 June 1997
£96,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in BR3 4HP: £612,000 (2023–2022).
Nearby sales in BR3 4HP
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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 Colesburg Road homes
On habitable rooms, 23 Colesburg Road stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£6,019
Street avg £5,855
Floor Area
108 m²
Street avg 99 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.9 t/year
Street avg 4.3 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
9/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Cromwell Road Elmers End — bus stop.
Closest school
0.1 km
Balgowan Primary School. 46 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
53.2dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
43.3dB