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3 sales on record
About First Floor Flat
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
First Floor Flat is a semi-detached house in London (SE12 8NP). It has a recorded floor area of 77 m² (around 829 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (April 2016) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 91), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from April 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Sale prices here have outpaced London HPI: 5.8% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£706/sq ft) was about 83.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 77 m² it's 19.8% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (96 m² median across 23 EPCs). Last sale on file: £585,000 in January 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2023.
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 27 Apr 2026
Planning history
Applications and permits filed against First Floor Flat, 18 Handen Road, London, SE12 8NP, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
- Jul 2023Tree WorksTreesRaise No Objection
REAR: ONE Ash (T1)(ht.10-12m)(triple stemmed) RE-POLLARD by 4m from 12m to 8m to previous pollard points. Reason: repeat management, branch length reduction approx 4m to previous pollard prune points for resulting natural branch framework. REAR: ONE False Acacia (T2)(ht.13m) CROWN REDUCTION HEIGHT by 2m from 13m to 11m. CROWN REDUCE RADIUS by 1.5m from 4.5m to 3m on all compass points. Reason: to reduce crown within garden to appropriate prune points by approximately 30% reduction and to maintain aesthetics with even/balanced canopy throughout. Informative A: the sensitive management of the trees is greatly appreciated for rear landscape amenity, wildlife, wellbeing, and urban forest canopy for environmental benefits to mitigate the effects of climate change. Informative B: please create habitat log piles, and a linear 'dead hedge' for wildlife and biodiversity from cut branches and twigs.
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
Sale price has at least doubled since 2004.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£623,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.8% per year over 18 years.
Last sold (2022)
£585,000
Growth on file: 5.8% per year over 18 years.
Sales timeline
Versus other Handen Road homes
Four headline reads against 9 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
Floor Area for First Floor Flat lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£7,597
Street avg £6,382
Floor Area
77 m²
Street avg 234 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Similar properties nearby
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The neighbourhood at a glance
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Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
8/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Handen Road — bus stop.
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around SE12 8NP from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
51.6dB
Everything within walking distance
Schools, transport stops and scenic spots near this property — 82 points of interest in total.
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