28a, Cornwall Avenue, Welling, DA16 2PR
About 28a
28a is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Welling (DA16 2PR). It has a recorded floor area of 71 m² (around 764 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (May 2021) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 2-band jump. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.
One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2005. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 71 m² it's 22.5% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (92 m² median across 20 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 80% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £470,000 is 13.9% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£540/sq ft) was about 44.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £412,500 in November 2021. 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
- Bedrooms2
- Bathrooms1
- Dining roomYes
Outside
- GarageYes
Building
- Previously extendedYes
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Planning history
28a has an approved extension on the planning record.
- Jun 2005ConservatoryFullIn report
Conservatory.
Extension- Documents
- 3 docs on file
- Reference
- 05/01388/FUL
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- 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.
£470,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£412,500
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
19 November 2021Most recent
£412,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in DA16 2PR: £470,000 (2025–2023).
Nearby sales in DA16 2PR
Everything we know about 28a, 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 Cornwall Avenue homes
On epc rating, 28a runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£5,810
Street avg £5,012
Floor Area
71 m²
Street avg 94 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.2 t/year
Street avg 4.5 t/year
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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
0.2 km
Cambridge Avenue (DA16) — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Bishop Ridley Church of England VA Primary School. 46 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
53.8dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
44.1dB