17 Acacia Road, Beckenham, BR3 4HU
About 17 Acacia Road
17 Acacia Road is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Beckenham (BR3 4HU). It has a recorded floor area of 78 m² (around 840 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (September 2021) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in November 2019 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Good to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 2-band jump. Period features are noted in the property record.
At 78 m² it's 17% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (94 m² median across 19 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2020–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 38% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£679/sq ft) was about 131.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £570,000 in March 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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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
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms1
- Open-plan layoutYes
- Dining roomYes
Outside
- Private gardenSouth-facing
Building
- Period featuresYes
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
17 Acacia Road sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Hot water system upgraded
Windows upgraded, improving insulation
More low energy lighting installed
Planning history
17 Acacia Road has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
10applications of note in the surrounding area
We flagged 3 things worth checking at 17 Acacia Road
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
- Recent ownership pattern worth a look
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£612,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 38.0% per year over 2 years.
£570,000
Growth on file: 38.0% per year over 2 years.
Sales timeline
30 March 2022Most recent
£570,000
+63.8%over 1 year17 September 2020
£348,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in BR3 4HU: £592,500 (2024–2022).
Everything we know about 17 Acacia Road, 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
- Recent ownership pattern worth a look
Versus other Acacia Road homes
17 Acacia Road outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£7,308
Street avg £4,707
Floor Area
78 m²
Street avg 88 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.7 t/year
Street avg 4.1 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
0.2 km
Balgowan Primary School. 45 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
53.3dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
43.4dB