16 Crown Lane, Chislehurst, BR7 5PL
About 16 Crown Lane
16 Crown Lane is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Chislehurst (BR7 5PL). It has a recorded floor area of 66 m² (around 710 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (May 2019) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since December 2009. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 73), a 2-band jump. Period features are noted in the property record.
At 66 m² it sits well below the postcode median (128 m² across 22 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 2 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. Most recent transfer: June 2022 at £620,000. Across the public record there are 6 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. One planning record on file: new windows approved in 2020. Past consents include new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2004–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.3% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£873/sq ft) was about 125% 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
- Open-plan layoutYes
- Dining roomYes
Outside
- Private gardenRear
Building
- Period featuresYes
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls changed
Single glazing replaced with double or better glazing
More low energy lighting installed
Planning history
- Aug 2020RenovationFullIn report
Proposed internal and elevational alterations to include two rooflights, replacement of door & side window and changing existing rear window to doors
- Agent
- Westleigh Design
New Windows- Documents
- 16 docs on file
- Reference
- 20/02334/FULL6
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Sale price has at least doubled since 2004.
£628,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.3% per year over 18 years.
£620,000
Growth on file: 5.3% per year over 18 years.
Sales timeline
29 June 2022Most recent
£620,000
+21.6%over 3 years4 September 2018
£510,000
+6.3%over 2 years9 December 2015
£480,000
+23.4%over 2 years7 May 2013
£389,000
+12.0%over 2 years19 October 2010
£347,350
+38.9%over 5 years17 December 2004
£250,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in BR7 5PL: £610,000 (2024–2022).
Nearby sales in BR7 5PL
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What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby
Versus other Crown Lane homes
16 Crown Lane outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£9,394
Street avg £5,507
Floor Area
66 m²
Street avg 137 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.2 t/year
Street avg 6.3 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.3 km
Chislehurst Common — bus stop.
Closest school
0.1 km
Orion Coopers. 25 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
50.0dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.7dB