Ground Floor Flat, 5 Arabin Road, London, SE4 2SD
About Ground Floor Flat
Ground Floor Flat is a mid-terrace house in London (SE4 2SD). It has a recorded floor area of 68 m² (around 732 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. The latest certificate (January 2023) shows a C (score 72).
Held since February 2000 — that's 26 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £470,000 sits 552.8% above the 2000 sale of £72,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£98/sq ft) was about 76.3% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2016. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 68 m² it's 19.3% larger than the typical home in the postcode (57 m² median across 38 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 79% of similar EPCs).
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Planning history
Ground Floor Flat has an approved single-storey side and rear extension on the planning record.
1 application on record at Ground Floor Flat, 5 Arabin Road, London, SE4 2SD
- Apr 2016ExtensionFullOutcome in report
Extension: Single storey · Side and rear of property
The construction of a single storey side infill and rear extension at Ground Floor Flat, 5 Arabin Road SE4.
- Documents
- 10 docs on file
- Reference
- DC/16/095243
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Sales history & valuation
Ground Floor Flat's modelled value sits at over four times its earliest registered sale price (2000).
£470,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£72,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
25 February 2000Most recent
£72,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SE4 2SD: £565,000 (2025–2022).
Nearby sales in SE4 2SD
29 Arabin Road, Lewisham, London, SE4 2SD
Sold Oct 2025
£825,00025 Arabin Road, Lewisham, London, SE4 2SD
Sold Mar 2023
£565,000Lower Floor Flat, 39 Arabin Road, Lewisham, London, SE4 2SD
Sold Sept 2022
£450,00043 Arabin Road, Lewisham, London, SE4 2SD
Sold Aug 2022
£950,000Lower Flat, 41 Arabin Road, Lewisham, London, SE4 2SD
Sold May 2022
£441,500
Versus other Arabin Road homes
Price per m² for Ground Floor Flat lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£1,059
Street avg £5,502
Floor Area
68 m²
Street avg 50 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 3 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
2.1 t/year
Street avg 2.4 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
7/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
St Andrew's Church / Wickham Rd — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Beecroft Garden Primary. 71 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
51.8dB

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41.0dB







