5 Bywater Place, Southwark, London, SE16 5ND
About 5 Bywater Place
5 Bywater Place is a detached house in Southwark, London, London (SE16 5ND). It has a recorded floor area of 136 m² (around 1464 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (April 2024) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it C (May 2009); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and main heating dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 69), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
At 136 m² the property is well over the postcode median (86 m² across 22 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. One planning record on file: new windows approved in 2023. Past consents include new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
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Trends
the local market
Energy performance
5 Bywater Place sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating system changed
Hot water efficiency decreased
Single glazing replaced with double or better glazing
More low energy lighting installed
Planning history
- Jun 2023RenovationFullIn report
Replacement of communal windows and doors on the block to uPVC. The current frames are timber. Replacement of 8 windows and 9 doors in total.
New Windows- Documents
- 10 docs on file
- Reference
- 23/AP/1177
What's in 5 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
5 Bywater Place has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£698,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 5 sales in SE16 5ND: £515,000 (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
£315,00021 Bywater Place, Southwark, London, SE16 5ND
Sold Sept 2022
£875,00010 Bywater Place, Southwark, London, SE16 5ND
Sold Sept 2020
£515,000
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Versus other Bywater Place homes
On floor area, 5 Bywater Place stands well clear of the street.
EPC Rating
53 (E)
Street avg 67 (D)
Floor Area
136 m²
Street avg 58 m²
CO₂ Emissions
5.8 t/year
Street avg 3.2 t/year
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 2 rooms
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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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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
52.3dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.0dB