22 Elm Road, Beckenham, BR3 4JB
About 22 Elm Road
22 Elm Road is a detached house in Beckenham (BR3 4JB). It has a recorded floor area of 196 m² (around 2110 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (March 2022) shows an F (score 28), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it C (February 2010); the latest reading is 3 bands lower. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Very Poor and lighting dropped from Very Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 4-band jump.
At 196 m² the property is well over the postcode median (98 m² across 23 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2022. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £1,424,000 is 12.1% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£602/sq ft) was about 75.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold May 2022 for £1,270,000. 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
Energy performance
22 Elm Road sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Planning history
22 Elm Road has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
- Aug 2022ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Proposed rear ground floor extension with flat roof and 2no. pyramid roof lanterns
- Agent
- RowettReid
- Documents
- 21 docs on file
- Reference
- 22/02285/FULL6
We flagged 2 things worth checking at 22 Elm 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
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£1,424,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£1,270,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
8 May 2022Most recent
£1,270,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in BR3 4JB: £700,000 (2024–2020).
Nearby sales in BR3 4JB
Everything we know about 22 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 years held, 22 Elm Road runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£6,480
Street avg £4,399
Floor Area
196 m²
Street avg 267 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 11 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
14.3 t/year
Street avg 13.8 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.
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
53.0dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
43.1dB