1 Barnfield Wood Road, Beckenham, BR3 6SR

1 Barnfield Wood Road is a four-bedroom detached house in Beckenham (BR3 6SR). It has a recorded floor area of 139 m² (around 1496 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (January 2015) shows an E (score 44), 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 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since May 2006 — that's 20 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Across 1997–2006, sale prices on this property compounded at 9.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £778,000 sits 104.7% above the 2006 sale of £380,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£254/sq ft) was about 16% below the postcode norm. At 139 m² it sits well below the postcode median (233 m² across 13 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 77% of similar EPCs). 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.