7 Blenheim Drive, Welling, DA16 3LY
About 7 Blenheim Drive
7 Blenheim Drive is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Welling (DA16 3LY). It has a recorded floor area of 145 m² (around 1561 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (May 2018) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe.
At 145 m² the property is well over the postcode median (89 m² across 29 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 4 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2006–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.2% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£365/sq ft) was about 59.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: August 2021 at £570,000. 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
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms2
- Open-plan layoutYes
- Dining roomYes
- CloakroomYes
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- ParkingOff street
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Planning history
7 Blenheim Drive has been extended on multiple sides of the property across separate planning applications.
- Feb 2018ConversionFullIn report
Retention of outbuilding for use as self-contained unit of accommodation.
Retrospective- Documents
- 5 docs on file
- Reference
- 17/02473/FUL
- Dec 2011ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Single storey rear extension.
- Documents
- 18 docs on file
- Reference
- 11/01794/FUL
What's in 7 Blenheim Drive, Welling, DA16 3LY's planning history?
2 more on this property, plus refusals, disputes and full decisions nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
7 Blenheim Drive has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 2006.
£618,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.2% per year over 16 years.
£570,000
Growth on file: 7.2% per year over 16 years.
Sales timeline
12 August 2021Most recent
£570,000
+192.3%over 15 years3 February 2006
£195,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in DA16 3LY: £472,500 (2024–2021).
Nearby sales in DA16 3LY
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Versus other Blenheim Drive homes
7 Blenheim Drive outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,931
Street avg £3,587
Floor Area
145 m²
Street avg 92 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.2 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
Chaucer Road (DA16) — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
East Wickham Primary Academy. 48 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.0dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.7dB