23 Chestnut Avenue, West Wickham, BR4 9ET
About 23 Chestnut Avenue
23 Chestnut Avenue is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in West Wickham (BR4 9ET). It has a recorded floor area of 150 m² (around 1616 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (March 2012) shows an F (score 33), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 59), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from March 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 150 m² the property is well over the postcode median (110 m² across 8 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £656,000 sits 58.1% above the 2012 sale of £415,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£257/sq ft) was about 39% below the postcode norm. On the market in August 2012 and unlisted since — roughly 14 years.
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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
Energy performance
23 Chestnut Avenue sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 12 Mar 2022
EPC Rating
Planning history
23 Chestnut Avenue has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
1applications of note in the surrounding area
Sales history & valuation
23 Chestnut Avenue valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£656,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£415,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
30 August 2012Most recent
£415,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in BR4 9ET: £639,800 (2024–2016).
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
£560,0001 Chestnut Avenue, West Wickham, BR4 9ET
Sold Mar 2021
£700,00055 Chestnut Avenue, West Wickham, BR4 9ET
Sold Oct 2019
£560,00015 Chestnut Avenue, West Wickham, BR4 9ET
Sold Mar 2016
£639,800
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Versus other Chestnut Avenue homes
Price per m² for 23 Chestnut Avenue lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,765
Street avg £4,872
Floor Area
150 m²
Street avg 114 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
10.0 t/year
Street avg 6.0 t/year
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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.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
51.4dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.2dB