3 Summerhill Villas, Susan Wood, Chislehurst, BR7 5NG

3 Summerhill Villas is a four-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Chislehurst (BR7 5NG). It has a recorded floor area of 140 m² (around 1507 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (September 2014) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 3 certificates since April 2010. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Average and lighting dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from September 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 140 m² the property is well over the postcode median (73 m² across 55 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 87% of similar EPCs). Sold March 2021 for £770,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. Across 1996–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.2% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£511/sq ft) was about 48.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 3 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 1 refused.