6 Faraday Road, Welling, DA16 2ET
About 6 Faraday Road
6 Faraday Road is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Welling (DA16 2ET). It has a recorded floor area of 91 m² (around 980 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (July 2020) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 3-band jump.
One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2021. Past consents include an extension and a garage conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 77% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £564,000 is 15.1% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£500/sq ft) was about 116.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: March 2021 at £490,000. 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
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms1
- Dining roomYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- ParkingOff street
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- May 2021Garage ConversionFullIn report
Extension: Part single, part two storey · Side and rear of property
Part one/ part two storey front, side and rear extension. Partial demolition and conversion of detached garage to store room.
Extension- Documents
- 24 docs on file
- Reference
- 21/00945/FUL
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Independent checks surfaced things a buyer would want to understand before offering. The report explains each one in full, with the underlying data and what to ask.
- Signs of HMO activity in the area
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£564,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£490,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
15 March 2021Most recent
£490,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in DA16 2ET: £500,000 (2024–2022).
Everything we know about 6 Faraday Road, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Signs of HMO activity in the area
Versus other Faraday Road homes
Price per m² for 6 Faraday Road runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£5,385
Street avg £3,303
Floor Area
91 m²
Street avg 115 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.2 t/year
Street avg 5.4 t/year
Similar properties nearby
The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
6/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Ruskin Drive — bus stop.
Closest school
0.0 km
Hook Lane Primary School. 42 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
52.9dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.4dB