1 The Avenue, West Wickham, BR4 0DX
About 1 The Avenue
1 The Avenue is a five-bedroom detached house in West Wickham (BR4 0DX). It has a recorded floor area of 219 m² (around 2357 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (April 2025) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include outbuildings. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.
Untraded for 27 years, with the last transfer in October 1999. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 219 m² the property is well over the postcode median (143 m² across 12 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £1,036,000 sits 290.9% above the 1999 sale of £265,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£112/sq ft) was about 73.2% below the postcode norm. 4 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, a loft conversion and a porch, 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
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms5
- Bathrooms2
- CloakroomYes
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- ParkingOff street
- OutbuildingsYes
Building
- Heating systemAir source
- Extension potentialPossible
Energy performance
1 The Avenue's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
1 The Avenue has been extended on multiple sides of the property across separate planning applications.
- Apr 2024Loft ConversionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Roof alterations to include increased roof height to provide a habitable loft extension with 4 Velux rooflights, enlarge patio door to the ground floor rear extension.
- Agent
- Ideaplan
Extension- Documents
- 8 docs on file
- Reference
- 24/00428/FULL6
- Feb 2022PorchFullIn report
Extension: Front of property
Construction of an open porch to the front elevation
- Agent
- App Architecture
Extension- Documents
- 8 docs on file
- Reference
- 21/05566/FULL6
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
1 The Avenue's estimated value is more than triple its earliest registered sale price (1999).
£1,036,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£265,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
28 October 1999Most recent
£265,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in BR4 0DX: £805,000 (2025–2017).
Nearby sales in BR4 0DX
Everything we know about 1 The Avenue, 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 Avenue homes
Price per m² for 1 The Avenue lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£1,210
Street avg £4,579
Floor Area
219 m²
Street avg 150 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.9 t/year
Street avg 6.4 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
0.1 km
The Avenue / Goodhart Way — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
Hawes Down Primary School. 26 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
50.9dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.4dB