2 Thanet Road, Bexley, DA5 1AN

2 Thanet Road is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Bexley (DA5 1AN). It has a recorded floor area of 218 m² (around 2347 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (January 2019) shows a C (score 71). When first surveyed in October 2008 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Very Good to Very Poor and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average.

Held since November 1997 — that's 28 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 218 m² the property is well over the postcode median (105 m² across 19 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 74% of similar EPCs). 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £670,000 sits 556.9% above the 1997 sale of £102,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£43/sq ft) was about 85.8% below the postcode norm. 7 planning records sit against the property, 5 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include HMO conversion, an extension, a garage conversion and a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.