Hatton Orchard, Yester Park, Chislehurst, BR7 5DQ

Hatton Orchard is a five-bedroom detached house in Chislehurst (BR7 5DQ). It has a recorded floor area of 186 m² (around 2000 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (December 2008) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 56). The latest certificate is from December 2008, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since September 1999 — that's 27 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £1,376,000 sits 189.7% above the 1999 sale of £475,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£237/sq ft) was about 34.4% below the postcode norm. 10 planning records sit against the property, 5 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. At 186 m² it's 17.4% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (225 m² median across 13 EPCs).