1 Birchwood Avenue, Sidcup, DA14 4JY

1 Birchwood Avenue is a five-bedroom detached house in Sidcup (DA14 4JY). It has a recorded floor area of 196 m² (around 2110 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (April 2012) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 77). The latest certificate is from April 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 8.2% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £863,000 is 45% above the 2015 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£282/sq ft) was about 42.5% below the postcode norm. At 196 m² the property is well over the postcode median (147 m² across 7 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 86% of similar EPCs). 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On the market in August 2015 and unlisted since — roughly 11 years.