27 Birch Grove, Welling, DA16 2JN
About 27 Birch Grove
27 Birch Grove is a semi-detached house in Welling (DA16 2JN). It has a recorded floor area of 64 m² (around 689 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (August 2020) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 3-band jump.
2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1997–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £422,000 is 14.1% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£537/sq ft) was about 91.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold April 2021 for £370,000. 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
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Planning history
27 Birch Grove has been extended on multiple sides of the property across separate planning applications.
- Nov 2021ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Side and rear of property
Two single storey first floor side extensions and a two storey rear extension.
- Documents
- 10 docs on file
- Reference
- 21/02375/FUL
- Jul 2021ExtensionOutlineIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
The erection of a single storey rear extension, which the total extension (including previous enlargements) would extend beyond the rear wall of the original dwelling by 6 metres, for which the maximum height of the total enlargement will be 3.6 metres, and for which the height of the eaves would be 2.6 metres.
- Documents
- 7 docs on file
- Reference
- 21/01876/GPDE
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- Signs of HMO activity in the area
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Sales history & valuation
Price for 27 Birch Grove has grown more than fourfold since the 1997 starting point.
£422,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.9% per year over 24 years.
£370,000
Growth on file: 6.9% per year over 24 years.
Sales timeline
22 April 2021Most recent
£370,000
+199.6%over 19 years19 September 2001
£123,500
+64.7%over 4 years25 June 1997
£75,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in DA16 2JN: £427,000 (2025–2023).
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What we flagged
- Signs of HMO activity in the area
Versus other Birch Grove homes
Habitable Rooms for 27 Birch Grove lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£5,781
Street avg £4,271
Floor Area
64 m²
Street avg 77 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.1 t/year
Street avg 4.6 t/year
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Crime
6/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Wendover Way — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Bexley Grammar School. 41 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
55.0dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
45.3dB