21 The Mead, West Wickham, BR4 0BA
About 21 The Mead
21 The Mead is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in West Wickham (BR4 0BA). It has a recorded floor area of 135 m² (around 1453 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (December 2020) shows an F (score 37), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 69), a 3-band jump. Other recorded features include a loft. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.
On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 4 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £747,000 is 21.5% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£423/sq ft) was about 18.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £615,000 in March 2021. 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
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms1
- LoftYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- ParkingOff street
Building
- Extension potentialPossible
Energy performance
21 The Mead sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Planning history
21 The Mead has been extended on multiple sides of the property across separate planning applications.
- May 2021ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Side and rear of property
Single storey side/rear extension
- Agent
- out.the.box
- Documents
- 13 docs on file
- Reference
- 21/01479/FULL6
- Sept 2005ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Single storey rear extension
- Documents
- 4 docs on file
- Reference
- 05/02969/FULL6
We flagged 1 thing worth checking at 21 The Mead
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.
- 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.
£747,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£615,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
9 March 2021Most recent
£615,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in BR4 0BA: £660,500 (2022–2021).
Everything we know about 21 The Mead, 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 The Mead homes
EPC Rating for 21 The Mead lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,556
Street avg £4,431
Floor Area
135 m²
Street avg 147 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
9.9 t/year
Street avg 7.5 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.6 km
Station Rd / West Wickham Stn — bus stop.
Closest school
0.1 km
Hawes Down Primary School. 27 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
52.4dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.4dB