12 Elm Road, Beckenham, BR3 4JB
About 12 Elm Road
12 Elm Road is a seven-bedroom detached house in Beckenham (BR3 4JB). It has a recorded floor area of 260 m² (around 2799 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (February 2014) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 71), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from February 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 260 m² the property is well over the postcode median (98 m² across 23 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 7 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. Across 2006–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.7% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£679/sq ft) was about 94.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused. Most recent transfer: May 2021 at £1,900,000. 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
- Bedrooms7
Outside
- ParkingYes
Building
- Central heatingYes
Energy performance
12 Elm Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 16 Feb 2024
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Aug 2021Tree WorksTreesIn report
Oak tree in rear garden - Light prune to reduce overall by 2m (height and laterals to be reduced by 2m). Sycamore in rear garden - Pollard to reduce height by approx 4m.
- Agent
- Premier Garden Service & Treework Ltd
- Documents
- 4 docs on file
- Reference
- 21/03525/TREE
- May 2007RenovationOutlineIn report
Elevational alterations including installation of new doors on side and rear elevation and replacement of one first floor window on the rear elevation with two new windows.CERTIFICATE OF LAWFULNESS FOR A PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT
New Windows- Documents
- 4 docs on file
- Reference
- 07/01424/PLUD
We flagged 2 things worth checking at 12 Elm Road
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- Signs of HMO activity in the area
- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 12 Elm Road was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£2,011,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.7% per year over 15 years.
£1,900,000
Growth on file: 5.7% per year over 15 years.
Sales timeline
11 May 2021Most recent
£1,900,000
+123.5%over 14 years4 October 2006
£850,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in BR3 4JB: £700,000 (2024–2020).
Nearby sales in BR3 4JB
Everything we know about 12 Elm 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
Versus other Elm Road homes
On price per m², 12 Elm Road stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£7,308
Street avg £4,307
Floor Area
260 m²
Street avg 261 m²
Habitable Rooms
10 rooms
Street avg 10 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
12.0 t/year
Street avg 14.0 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
Hayne Road Beckenham — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Balgowan Primary School. 46 schools nearby.
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The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
53.0dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
43.1dB