20 Kenbury Street, Lambeth, London, SE5 9BS
About 20 Kenbury Street
20 Kenbury Street is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Lambeth, London, London (SE5 9BS). It has a recorded floor area of 141 m² (around 1518 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (October 2016) shows an E (score 45), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 69), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include a balcony. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.
At 141 m² the property is well over the postcode median (95 m² across 15 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 80% of similar EPCs). Most recent transfer: May 2022 at £877,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2002–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £986,000 is 12.4% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£578/sq ft) was about 103.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
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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
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- BalconyYes
- Cul-de-sacYes
Energy performance
20 Kenbury Street's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Planning history includes both a loft conversion and an extension — the classic family-home expansion.
- May 2023ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Erection of a ground floor single storey rear infill extension. Alteration of first floor flank window.
- Agent
- Resi
- Documents
- 9 docs on file
- Reference
- 23/00931/FUL
- May 2023Loft ConversionOutlineIn report
Application for Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) with respect to the erection of a rear dormer together with the installation of 2 rooflights to the front roofslope.
- Agent
- Resi
- Documents
- 9 docs on file
- Reference
- 23/00884/LDCP
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Sale price has grown by over 3x since 2002.
£986,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.4% per year over 20 years.
£877,000
Growth on file: 6.4% per year over 20 years.
Sales timeline
5 May 2022Most recent
£877,000
+6.0%over 4 years31 October 2017
£827,500
+197.7%over 14 years24 September 2003
£278,000
+11.2%over 1 year16 January 2002
£250,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SE5 9BS: £830,000 (2024–2017).
Nearby sales in SE5 9BS
18 Kenbury Street, Lambeth, London, SE5 9BS
Sold Mar 2024
£945,0007 Kenbury Street, Lambeth, London, SE5 9BS
Sold Jun 2021
£700,00014 Kenbury Street, Lambeth, London, SE5 9BS
Sold Dec 2019
£815,0004 Kenbury Street, Lambeth, London, SE5 9BS
Sold Mar 2017
£830,00012 Kenbury Street, Lambeth, London, SE5 9BS
Sold Oct 2016
£715,000
Everything we know about 20 Kenbury Street, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby

Versus other Kenbury Street homes
EPC Rating for 20 Kenbury Street lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£6,220
Street avg £5,687
Floor Area
141 m²
Street avg 104 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.9 t/year
Street avg 4.5 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
13/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Lilford Road (SE5) — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Crawford Primary School. 91 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
54.9dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
45.5dB