270 The Avenue, West Wickham, BR4 0ED
About 270 The Avenue
270 The Avenue is a four-bedroom end-of-terrace house in West Wickham (BR4 0ED). It has a recorded floor area of 110 m² (around 1184 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (April 2021) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (July 2010); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 3-band jump.
Last sale on file: £692,500 in June 2021. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2022. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 88% of similar EPCs). Across 1998–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.1% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£585/sq ft) was about 50.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
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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
- Bathrooms2
- Dining roomYes
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- Private gardenSouth-facing
- DrivewayYes
Energy performance
270 The Avenue's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Hot water efficiency decreased
More low energy lighting installed
Planning history
Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
- Apr 2022DemolitionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Demolition of and existing conservatory and construction of single storey rear extension.
- Agent
- Studio212 Ltd
Extension- Documents
- 15 docs on file
- Reference
- 22/01116/FULL6
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 270 The Avenue was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£721,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.1% per year over 23 years.
£692,500
Growth on file: 7.1% per year over 23 years.
Sales timeline
27 June 2021Most recent
£692,500
+66.9%over 10 years16 September 2010
£415,000
+30.5%over 6 years3 May 2004
£318,000
+128.9%over 6 years4 March 1998
£138,950
Median price across the last 5 sales in BR4 0ED: £464,500 (2025–2013).
Nearby sales in BR4 0ED
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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
On epc rating, 270 The Avenue runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£6,295
Street avg £4,482
Floor Area
110 m²
Street avg 103 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.8 t/year
Street avg 4.2 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Pickhurst Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Pickhurst Infant Academy. 30 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
50.6dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.7dB