1 Howard Avenue, Bexley, DA5 3BB
About 1 Howard Avenue
1 Howard Avenue is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Bexley (DA5 3BB). It has a recorded floor area of 57 m² (around 614 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (December 2021) shows an E (score 39), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 88), a 3-band jump. Period features are noted in the property record. The home occupies a corner plot.
At 57 m² it sits well below the postcode median (82 m² across 21 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £451,000 is 16.5% above the 2023 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£631/sq ft) was about 137.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. One planning record on file: an extension refused in 2022. Sold December 2023 for £387,000.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms1
Outside
- Corner plotYes
Building
- Period featuresYes
- RefurbishedYes
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Energy performance
1 Howard Avenue sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Certificate validity
Valid until 4 December 2031
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Planning history
A recent planning application at 1 Howard Avenue was refused — worth checking the council file.
1 application on record at 1 Howard Avenue, Bexley, DA5 3BB
- Dec 2022ExtensionFullOutcome in report
Erection of a 2 storey 2 bed dwelling with associated parking and amenity space to the side of existing house including alterations to roofline.
- Documents
- 5 docs on file
- Reference
- 22/02484/FUL
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Sales history & valuation
1 Howard Avenue valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£451,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£387,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
1 December 2023Most recent
£387,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in DA5 3BB: £457,000 (2025–2020).
Versus other Howard Avenue homes
1 Howard Avenue outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£6,789
Street avg £3,843
Floor Area
57 m²
Street avg 85 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.5 t/year
Street avg 3.3 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
84/mo
Falling year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Penhill Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
Hurstmere School. 39 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
51.4dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.4dB