5 Brief Street, Lambeth, London, SE5 9RD
About 5 Brief Street
5 Brief Street is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Lambeth, London, London (SE5 9RD). It has a recorded floor area of 125 m² (around 1345 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (March 2020) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 3-band jump.
3 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 125 m² it's 15.3% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (148 m² median across 6 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 83% of similar EPCs). Across 2007–2020, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £1,278,000 is 25.3% above the 2020 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£758/sq ft) was about 216.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold June 2020 for £1,020,000.
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Already flagged here
Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms1
- Dining roomYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
Building
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
5 Brief Street's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
A a single-storey extension application was refused at 5 Brief Street in 2024.
- Feb 2024Tree WorksTreesIn report
T1 - Multi stem bay shrub, felling of tree and stump removal. T2 - Avocado tree, felling of tree and stump removal.
- Documents
- 4 docs on file
- Reference
- 24/00304/TCA
- Jan 2024ExtensionOutlineIn report
Extension: Single storey
Certificate of Lawful Development (proposed) for the erection of a single storey, ground floor rear extension with a rooflight, together with fenestration alterations for timber double glazed windows plus the installation of a side single leaf door and a rear door unit and the removal of an existing side rooflight for the installation of 7 rooflights.
- Agent
- PLan works
- Documents
- 9 docs on file
- Reference
- 23/03778/LDCP
We flagged 1 thing worth checking at 5 Brief Street
Independent checks surfaced things a buyer would want to understand before offering. The report explains each one in full, with the underlying data and what to ask.
- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£1,278,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.5% per year over 13 years.
£1,020,000
Growth on file: 4.5% per year over 13 years.
Sales timeline
22 June 2020Most recent
£1,020,000
+75.9%over 12 years19 September 2007
£580,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SE5 9RD: £1,268,400 (2024–2009).
Nearby sales in SE5 9RD
1 Brief Street, Lambeth, London, SE5 9RD
Sold Dec 2024
£1,450,0002 Brief Street, Lambeth, London, SE5 9RD
Sold Nov 2022
£1,268,40010 Brief Street, Lambeth, London, SE5 9RD
Sold Mar 2020
£1,369,0008 Brief Street, Lambeth, London, SE5 9RD
Sold May 2018
£1,100,0007 Brief Street, Lambeth, London, SE5 9RD
Sold Apr 2006
£425,000
Everything we know about 5 Brief 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 Brief Street homes
Floor Area for 5 Brief Street lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£8,160
Street avg £7,846
Floor Area
125 m²
Street avg 166 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.6 t/year
Street avg 7.6 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
Burton Road / Camberwell — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Loughborough Primary School. 100 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
53.9dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
43.5dB