1 Downs Road, Beckenham, BR3 5JY
About 1 Downs Road
1 Downs Road is a four-bedroom detached house in Beckenham (BR3 5JY). It has a recorded floor area of 144 m² (around 1550 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (January 2013) shows an E (score 45), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from January 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Period features are noted in the property record.
2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 144 m² it's 24.1% larger than the typical home in the postcode (116 m² median across 17 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 71% of similar EPCs). Across 2006–2016, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £1,209,000 is 15.1% above the 2016 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£677/sq ft) was about 122.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On the market in July 2016 and unlisted since — roughly 10 years.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms1
- Dining roomYes
- EnsuiteYes
Building
- Period featuresYes
Energy performance
1 Downs 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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 21 Jan 2023
EPC Rating
Planning history
Multiple extension applications run across more than a decade of planning history at 1 Downs Road.
- Sept 2017ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Part single, part two storey · Rear of property
Part one/two storey rear extension, alterations to roof of existing garage, and elevational alterations.
- Agent
- Dreamstudio Architecture
- Documents
- 8 docs on file
- Reference
- 17/03285/FULL6
- Dec 2005ExtensionOutlineIn report
Extension: Rear of property
Single storey rear extension (CERTIFICATE OF LAWFULNESS FOR A PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT)
- Documents
- 5 docs on file
- Reference
- 05/03762/PLUD
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
1 Downs Road valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£1,209,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.6% per year over 10 years.
£1,050,000
Growth on file: 6.6% per year over 10 years.
Sales timeline
10 July 2016Most recent
£1,050,000
+90.9%over 10 years6 June 2006
£550,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in BR3 5JY: £900,000 (2024–2020).
Everything we know about 1 Downs 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
- Larger development activity nearby

Versus other Downs Road homes
1 Downs Road outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£7,292
Street avg £4,983
Floor Area
144 m²
Street avg 151 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
8.5 t/year
Street avg 7.1 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
Chancery Lane Beckenham — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Harris Primary Academy Beckenham Green. 45 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
52.2dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.5dB