53 Croft Avenue, West Wickham, BR4 0QH
About 53 Croft Avenue
53 Croft Avenue is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in West Wickham (BR4 0QH). It has a recorded floor area of 159 m² (around 1711 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (October 2021) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 80).
At 159 m² the property is well over the postcode median (107 m² across 18 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2008–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 8% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£450/sq ft) was about 52.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £770,000 in April 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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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
Energy performance
53 Croft Avenue's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Planning history includes both a loft conversion and an extension — the classic family-home expansion.
- Jun 2015Loft ConversionOutlineIn report
Hip to gable roof alteration and rear dormer extension CERTIFICATE OF LAWFULNESS FOR A PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT
- Agent
- FNH Property Services
- Documents
- 7 docs on file
- Reference
- 15/01568/PLUD
- May 2008ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Part single, part two storey · Side and rear of property
Single storey rear and two storey side extensions
- Documents
- 6 docs on file
- Reference
- 08/01070/FULL6
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 53 Croft Avenue was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£792,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.0% per year over 14 years.
£770,000
Growth on file: 8.0% per year over 14 years.
Sales timeline
28 April 2022Most recent
£770,000
+183.1%over 13 years8 October 2008
£272,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in BR4 0QH: £595,000 (2022–2019).
Nearby sales in BR4 0QH
Everything we know about 53 Croft 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 Croft Avenue homes
53 Croft Avenue outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,843
Street avg £4,591
Floor Area
159 m²
Street avg 103 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.1 t/year
Street avg 4.8 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
0.2 km
Station Road / High Street — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Hawes Down Primary School. 28 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
53.2dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.4dB