28 Croydon Road, West Wickham, BR4 9HT
About 28 Croydon Road
28 Croydon Road is a two-bedroom 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 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (November 2018) shows a D (score 56), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 80).
At 65 m² it sits well below the postcode median (104 m² across 19 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Most recent transfer: September 2019 at £421,250. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1996–2019, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £493,000 is 17% above the 2019 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£602/sq ft) was about 96.4% 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
- Bedrooms2
- Bathrooms1
Energy performance
EPC Rating
Planning history
28 Croydon Road has 2 separate extension applications on the council record.
- Jul 2021ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Side and rear of property
Double storey side extension and rear ground floor extension
- Agent
- Ideaplan
- Documents
- 6 docs on file
- Reference
- 21/02486/FULL6
- Apr 2021ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Side and rear of property
Ground floor side and part rear extension, upgrading existing rear extension
- Agent
- Ideaplan
- Documents
- 6 docs on file
- Reference
- 21/01134/FULL6
What's in 28 Croydon Road, West Wickham, BR4 9HT's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
28 Croydon Road has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1996.
£493,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.7% per year over 24 years.
£421,250
Growth on file: 7.7% per year over 24 years.
Sales timeline
5 September 2019Most recent
£421,250
+88.9%over 14 years4 August 2005
£223,000
+6.2%over 1 year15 December 2003
£210,000
+187.7%over 7 years28 February 1996
£73,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in BR4 9HT: £625,000 (2024–2018).
Nearby sales in BR4 9HT
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Versus other Croydon Road homes
28 Croydon Road outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£6,481
Street avg £4,220
Floor Area
65 m²
Street avg 116 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.7 t/year
Street avg 5.2 t/year
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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