7 Bencombe Road, Marlow, SL7 3NZ
About 7 Bencombe Road
7 Bencombe Road is a detached house in Marlow (SL7 3NZ). It has a recorded floor area of 115 m² (around 1238 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (February 2018) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump.
Sold June 2022 for £745,000. 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. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2008. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1998–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.3% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£602/sq ft) was about 71.9% 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
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Planning history
7 Bencombe Road has an approved rear extension on the planning record.
- Dec 2008ConservatoryFullIn report
Extension: Rear of property
Construction of rear conservatory
Extension- Documents
- 6 docs on file
- Reference
- 08/07598/FUL
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
7 Bencombe Road has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1998.
£740,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.3% per year over 24 years.
£745,000
Growth on file: 6.3% per year over 24 years.
Sales timeline
22 June 2022Most recent
£745,000
+24.2%over 3 years20 May 2019
£600,000
+84.6%over 13 years31 July 2005
£325,000
+93.5%over 7 years13 March 1998
£168,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SL7 3NZ: £820,000 (2025–2016).
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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 Bencombe Road homes
Price per m² for 7 Bencombe Road runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£6,478
Street avg £4,733
Floor Area
115 m²
Street avg 138 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.2 t/year
Street avg 4.8 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Post Office — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
Burford School. 11 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
46.6dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.8dB