21 Bywater Place, Southwark, London, SE16 5ND
About 21 Bywater Place
21 Bywater Place is a four-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Southwark, London, London (SE16 5ND). It has a recorded floor area of 113 m² (around 1216 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band E. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (March 2022) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since June 2011. Between certificates, lighting dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 79). Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.
At 113 m² the property is well over the postcode median (86 m² across 22 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 4 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 2 is the typical count. One planning record on file: a garage conversion approved in 2015. Past consents include a garage conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2012–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 7% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£719/sq ft) was about 105.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: September 2022 at £875,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms2
Outside
- Private gardenYes
Building
- TenureFreehold
- RefurbishedYes
- Extension potentialPossible
Energy performance
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Loft insulation upgraded to recommended levels
Low energy lighting percentage decreased
Planning history
- Jun 2015Garage ConversionFullIn report
Garage conversion to habitable room
- Agent
- Mandalay Design Ltd
- Documents
- 3 docs on file
- Reference
- 15/AP/1336
What's in 21 Bywater Place, Southwark, London, SE16 5ND's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
21 Bywater Place has compounded in price at a rate well above the typical UK trajectory.
£942,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.0% per year over 10 years.
£875,000
Growth on file: 7.0% per year over 10 years.
Sales timeline
4 September 2022Most recent
£875,000
+98.9%over 10 years23 July 2012
£440,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SE16 5ND: £500,000 (2023–2020).
Nearby sales in SE16 5ND
32 Bywater Place, Southwark, London, SE16 5ND
Sold Mar 2023
£845,00012 Bywater Place, Southwark, London, SE16 5ND
Sold Dec 2022
£500,00013 Bywater Place, Southwark, London, SE16 5ND
Sold Oct 2022
£315,00010 Bywater Place, Southwark, London, SE16 5ND
Sold Sept 2020
£515,0003 Bywater Place, Southwark, London, SE16 5ND
Sold Apr 2020
£468,500
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Versus other Bywater Place homes
On price per m², 21 Bywater Place stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£7,743
Street avg £5,187
Floor Area
113 m²
Street avg 121 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.8 t/year
Street avg 4.0 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
5/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Bywater Place — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Redriff Primary, City of London Academy. 100 schools nearby.
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The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
52.3dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.0dB