4 Church Drive, West Wickham, BR4 9JJ
About 4 Church Drive
4 Church Drive is a five-bedroom semi-detached house in West Wickham (BR4 9JJ). It has a recorded floor area of 121 m² (around 1302 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (February 2021) shows an E (score 47), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 3-band jump. Other recorded features include outbuildings. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.
Untraded for 16 years, with the last transfer in October 2010. Across 1998–2010, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £631,000 sits 91.2% above the 2010 sale of £330,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£253/sq ft) was about 24.9% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2023. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 121 m² it's 18.6% larger than the typical home in the postcode (102 m² median across 16 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 75% of similar EPCs).
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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
- Bedrooms5
- Bathrooms2
- Dining roomYes
- CloakroomYes
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- ParkingOff road
- OutbuildingsYes
Building
- TenureFreehold
- Previously extendedYes
Energy performance
4 Church Drive's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Sept 2023ConservatoryFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Side of property
Alterations to existing conservatory which includes changing the existing roof to a flat roof with light lantern. Construction of a single storey side extension.
Extension- Documents
- 5 docs on file
- Reference
- 23/02902/FULL6
What's in 4 Church Drive, West Wickham, BR4 9JJ's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
4 Church Drive's estimated value is more than triple its earliest registered sale price (1998).
£631,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.9% per year over 12 years.
£330,000
Growth on file: 5.9% per year over 12 years.
Sales timeline
13 October 2010Most recent
£330,000
+96.4%over 11 years21 December 1998
£168,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in BR4 9JJ: £544,000 (2025–2020).
Nearby sales in BR4 9JJ
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Versus other Church Drive homes
On co₂ emissions, 4 Church Drive runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£2,727
Street avg £5,096
Floor Area
121 m²
Street avg 97 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.4 t/year
Street avg 4.7 t/year
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Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Chestnut Avenue (BR4) — bus stop.
Closest school
0.9 km
Wickham Common Primary School. 19 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
53.2dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
43.2dB