1 Chestnut Avenue, West Wickham, BR4 9ET
About 1 Chestnut Avenue
1 Chestnut Avenue is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in West Wickham (BR4 9ET). It has a recorded floor area of 144 m² (around 1550 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (August 2020) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include outbuildings.
At 144 m² the property is well over the postcode median (110 m² across 8 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. One planning record on file: a loft conversion approved in 2021. Past consents include a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £817,000 is 16.7% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£452/sq ft) was about 18.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold March 2021 for £700,000. 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
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- GarageDouble
- OutbuildingsYes
Building
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
1 Chestnut Avenue's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Aug 2021Loft ConversionFullIn report
Loft conversion with a rear dormer and roof lights to the front elevation
- Agent
- PN Design Services
- Documents
- 8 docs on file
- Reference
- 21/02694/FULL6
What's in 1 Chestnut Avenue, West Wickham, BR4 9ET's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 1 Chestnut Avenue was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£817,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£700,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
11 March 2021Most recent
£700,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in BR4 9ET: £560,000 (2024–2012).
Nearby sales in BR4 9ET
3 Chestnut Avenue, West Wickham, BR4 9ET
Sold Nov 2024
£698,00035 Chestnut Avenue, West Wickham, BR4 9ET
Sold Sept 2023
£560,00055 Chestnut Avenue, West Wickham, BR4 9ET
Sold Oct 2019
£560,00015 Chestnut Avenue, West Wickham, BR4 9ET
Sold Mar 2016
£639,80023 Chestnut Avenue, West Wickham, BR4 9ET
Sold Aug 2012
£415,000
Everything we know about 1 Chestnut Avenue, in one report
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Versus other Chestnut Avenue homes
1 Chestnut Avenue outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,861
Street avg £4,573
Floor Area
144 m²
Street avg 115 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.4 t/year
Street avg 6.3 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
Sylvan Way — bus stop.
Closest school
0.7 km
Wickham Common Primary School. 18 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
51.4dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.2dB