8 Kentish Road, Belvedere, DA17 5BN
About 8 Kentish Road
8 Kentish Road is a three-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Belvedere (DA17 5BN). It has a recorded floor area of 89 m² (around 958 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (June 2014) shows an F (score 38), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 72), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from June 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 89 m² it's 25.4% larger than the typical home in the postcode (71 m² median across 22 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2014–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.7% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£470/sq ft) was about 113% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £450,000 in August 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Already flagged here
Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- DrivewayYes
Building
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
8 Kentish Road sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 17 Jun 2024
EPC Rating
Planning history
8 Kentish Road has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
6applications of note in the surrounding area
We flagged 2 things worth checking at 8 Kentish Road
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- Signs of HMO activity in the area
- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 8 Kentish Road was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£463,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.7% per year over 8 years.
£450,000
Growth on file: 7.7% per year over 8 years.
Sales timeline
1 August 2022Most recent
£450,000
+78.4%over 7 years23 October 2014
£252,300
Median price across the last 5 sales in DA17 5BN: £375,000 (2024–2023).
Nearby sales in DA17 5BN
Everything we know about 8 Kentish Road, 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
- Larger development activity nearby
Versus other Kentish Road homes
EPC Rating for 8 Kentish Road lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£5,056
Street avg £3,945
Floor Area
89 m²
Street avg 84 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.6 t/year
Street avg 4.7 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
4/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Halt Robin Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
Lessness Heath Primary School. 35 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
54.6dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
44.1dB