1 Croydon Road, West Wickham, BR4 9HT
About 1 Croydon Road
1 Croydon Road is a semi-detached house in West Wickham (BR4 9HT). It has a recorded floor area of 65 m² (around 700 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (August 2016) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 76).
At 65 m² it sits well below the postcode median (104 m² across 19 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Across 2003–2018, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £351,000 is 19% above the 2018 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£422/sq ft) was about 38.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 8 years since the last transfer (March 2018). 5 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 3 refused.
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Planning history
- Sept 2015New BuildFullIn report
Construction of a detached three bedroom dwelling house and the provision of 4 car parking spaces, 2 no. for the use of the existing properties 1 and 3 Croydon road and 2 no. for the new dwelling.
- Agent
- Affordable Architects Ltd
- Documents
- 19 docs on file
- Reference
- 15/03231/FULL1
- Mar 2015New BuildFullIn report
Construction of a two storey detached three bedroom dwelling house and the provision of four car parking spaces with two for the use of the existing properties at 1and 3 Croydon Road
- Documents
- 20 docs on file
- Reference
- 15/00144/FULL1
What's in 1 Croydon Road, West Wickham, BR4 9HT's planning history?
3 more on this property, plus refusals, disputes and full decisions nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
£351,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.2% per year over 14 years.
£295,000
Growth on file: 4.2% per year over 14 years.
Sales timeline
15 March 2018Most recent
£295,000
+32.6%over 4 years11 July 2013
£222,500
+36.9%over 9 years1 October 2003
£162,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in BR4 9HT: £625,000 (2024–2019).
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Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Glebe Way — bus stop.
Closest school
0.8 km
Hawes Down Primary School. 21 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
54.3dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
44.3dB