38 Briar Road, Bexley, DA5 2HN
About 38 Briar Road
38 Briar Road is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Bexley (DA5 2HN). It has a recorded floor area of 81 m² (around 872 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (February 2017) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump. It has already been extended once and our model flags further extension potential, a sign of buyer flexibility.
At 81 m² it's 19.8% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (101 m² median across 17 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £543,000 is 21.5% above the 2017 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£513/sq ft) was about 85.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last changed hands 9 years ago, in May 2017.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms1
- Dining roomYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- GarageDouble
Building
- Previously extendedYes
- Extension potentialPossible
Energy performance
38 Briar Road sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Certificate validity
Valid until 14 February 2027
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Planning history
3 applications on record at 38 Briar Road, Bexley, DA5 2HN
- Jun 2019ExtensionFullOutcome in report
Extension: Single storey · Side and rear of property
Demolition of existing detached garage and erection of a single storey side and rear extension to provide garage
- Documents
- 4 docs on file
- Reference
- 19/00551/FUL
- More recent applications — locked
- PorchApr 2021Decision
- PorchOct 2019Decision
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Sales history & valuation
38 Briar Road valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£543,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£447,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
21 May 2017Most recent
£447,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in DA5 2HN: £460,000 (2023–2015).
Versus other Briar Road homes
EPC Rating for 38 Briar Road lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£5,519
Street avg £3,542
Floor Area
81 m²
Street avg 102 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.8 t/year
Street avg 4.0 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
84/mo
Falling year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Briar Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
Maypole Primary School. 21 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.0dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.4dB







