4 Convent Close, Beckenham, BR3 5GD
About 4 Convent Close
4 Convent Close is a detached house in Beckenham (BR3 5GD). It has a recorded floor area of 108 m² (around 1163 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (October 2009) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 60). The latest certificate is from October 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Held since November 2009 — that's 17 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale fell during the post-crash dip, which often skews comparisons against later neighbouring sales. At 108 m² it's 22.4% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (139 m² median across 9 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2002–2009, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £768,000 sits 67% above the 2009 sale of £460,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£396/sq ft) was about 21.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. One planning record on file: a garage conversion approved in 2010. Past consents include a garage conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
4 Convent Close sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 12 Oct 2019
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Oct 2010Garage ConversionFullIn report
Conversion of garage to a habitable room
- Documents
- 8 docs on file
- Reference
- 10/02501/FULL6
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Sales history & valuation
4 Convent Close saw 3 transfers in just over a decade — high turnover for the postcode.
£768,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.5% per year over 8 years.
£460,000
Growth on file: 4.5% per year over 8 years.
Sales timeline
4 November 2009Most recent
£460,000
+10.8%over 4 years7 July 2005
£415,000
+25.8%over 3 years2 May 2002
£330,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in BR3 5GD: £925,000 (2023–2015).
Nearby sales in BR3 5GD
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- Larger development activity nearby

Versus other Convent Close homes
4 Convent Close is notably below the street on epc rating.
Price per m²
£4,258
Street avg £6,082
Floor Area
108 m²
Street avg 132 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.6 t/year
Street avg 4.7 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
0.0 km
Convent Close — bus stop.
Closest school
0.1 km
St Mary's Catholic Primary School. 46 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.3dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.1dB