8 Dorset Avenue, Welling, DA16 2PX
About 8 Dorset Avenue
8 Dorset Avenue is a semi-detached house in Welling (DA16 2PX). It has a recorded floor area of 121 m² (around 1302 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (August 2025) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 2-band jump.
One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2002. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 121 m² it's 23.5% larger than the typical home in the postcode (98 m² median across 15 EPCs).
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Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Council records include a two-storey side and rear extension at 8 Dorset Avenue.
- Aug 2002ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Two storey · Side and rear of property
Two storey side/rear extension.
- Documents
- 3 docs on file
- Reference
- 02/02035/FUL
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- Signs of HMO activity in the area
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Sales history & valuation
8 Dorset Avenue has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£580,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 5 sales in DA16 2PX: £542,500 (2025–2020).
Nearby sales in DA16 2PX
Everything we know about 8 Dorset Avenue, 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 Dorset Avenue homes
On habitable rooms, 8 Dorset Avenue stands well clear of the street.
EPC Rating
66 (D)
Street avg 59 (D)
Floor Area
121 m²
Street avg 98 m²
CO₂ Emissions
4.3 t/year
Street avg 4.5 t/year
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
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Crime
6/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Yorkland Avenue — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
Harris Academy Falconwood. 45 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
54.5dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
44.9dB