73 Faraday Road, Welling, DA16 2ET
About 73 Faraday Road
73 Faraday Road is a semi-detached house in Welling (DA16 2ET). It has a recorded floor area of 56 m² (around 603 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (April 2022) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since February 2012. Between certificates, lighting went from Good to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 72).
At 56 m² it sits well below the postcode median (103 m² across 31 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Last sale on file: £310,000 in November 2022. 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 2007–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.4% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£514/sq ft) was about 122.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
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Valuation
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Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
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Trends
the local market
Energy performance
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Planning history
73 Faraday Road has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
6applications of note in the surrounding area
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- Signs of HMO activity in the area
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Sales history & valuation
73 Faraday Road changed hands twice within eighteen months — unusual for the area.
£323,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.4% per year over 15 years.
£310,000
Growth on file: 4.4% per year over 15 years.
Sales timeline
26 November 2022Most recent
£310,000
+3344.4%over 1 year6 October 2021
£9,000
-94.9%over 9 years31 May 2012
£175,000
+8.7%over 4 years2 August 2007
£161,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in DA16 2ET: £500,000 (2024–2022).
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What we flagged
- Signs of HMO activity in the area
- Recent ownership pattern worth a look
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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.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
52.9dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.4dB