L Escale, Walden Road, Chislehurst, BR7 5DJ
About L Escale
L Escale is a detached house in Chislehurst (BR7 5DJ). It has a recorded floor area of 104 m² (around 1119 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (February 2019) shows an E (score 47), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump.
3 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 75% of similar EPCs). Across 2000–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £842,000 is 16.9% above the 2021 sale price. Last sale on file: £720,000 in May 2021. 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
Energy performance
L Escale's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Feb 2023PorchFullIn report
Extension: Single storey
Single storey front/porch/garage extension, single storey front/side extension and elevational alterations
Extension- Documents
- 16 docs on file
- Reference
- 22/05019/FULL6
- Apr 2015ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Two storey · Side of property
Two storey side extension and single storey detached garage
- Agent
- C-architecture Limited
- Documents
- 11 docs on file
- Reference
- 15/00440/FULL6
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
L Escale has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 2000.
£842,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.9% per year over 21 years.
£720,000
Growth on file: 4.9% per year over 21 years.
Sales timeline
23 May 2021Most recent
£720,000
+174.3%over 20 years29 June 2000
£262,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in BR7 5DJ: £675,000 (2022–2018).
Everything we know about L Escale, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby
Versus other Walden Road homes
L Escale is notably below the street on epc rating.
Price per m²
£6,923
Street avg £7,138
Floor Area
104 m²
Street avg 93 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.9 t/year
Street avg 3.8 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.3 km
Walden Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.7 km
Elmstead Wood Primary School. 31 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
48.4dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.8dB