BR5 1JA
Last sold £495,000 in July 2011
2, The Close, Orpington
- Property type
- Semi-detached
- Bedrooms
- 5 (est.)
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Floor area
- 1,507 sq ft / 140 sq m
- EPC rating
- D
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Price history in context
- Jul 2011 — £495,000 · +37.9% · 12 pts ahead of the UK market
- Oct 2003 — £359,000 · +10.5% · 9 pts behind the UK market
- Jun 2002 — £325,000
What this home might be worth today
£854,000
Estimate range £811,000–£897,000
+72.5% since July 2011 — last sale carried forward by the UK House Price Index to April 2026.
paid well above the local norm at the time
vs 126 nearby sales within a year · 5-bed (est.) semi-detached within 1 km
The life around it
- Perry Hall Primary School 743m
- Crofton Infant School 454m
- Petts Wood station 784m
- Broom Hill Wood 459m
- The coast (coastline) 11.3km
- Lake 2.7km
- Orpington Pond 1.6km
- Croydon Canal 10.7km
- Kyd Brook 431m
- Public Park 429m
- Poverest Recreation Ground 657m
- Premier Express 427m
- St Johns Road /St Georges Road (->E) 139m
Broadband
- Gigabit 1 Gbit/s or more 100% of premises
- Ultrafast 100 Mbit/s or more 100% of premises
- Superfast 30 Mbit/s or more 100% of premises
Ofcom figures for every home in this postcode — about fifteen addresses — not a measurement of this one. They say what can be ordered here, not the speed you would get: that depends on the package you buy. Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2024. About this data
Commute by train
From Petts Wood, 784m away
- 26 min London
- 100 min Cambridge
- 105 min Brighton
- 109 min Oxford
Train only, station to station, at the weekday morning peak — getting to the station is not included, because we don't know whether you'd walk, drive or take a bus. The distance to the platform is above so you can judge that yourself.
Schools nearby
Crime
Below average for England & Wales — 29 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data
Map
Location: exact
Nearby sold homes
- 1, The Close, Orpington £875,000 · 2024
- 3, The Close, Orpington £657,500 · 2014
- 18, The Close, Orpington £183,000 · 1995
- 9, The Close, Orpington £298,900 · 1999
- 5, The Close, Orpington £386,000 · 2006
- 10, The Close, Orpington £620,000 · 2007
Planning activity nearby
- Permitted Garage conversion into habitable room and elevational alterations. Apr 2026 source
- Permitted To carry out excavations and potentially root-pruning within the nominal calculated Root… May 2026 source
- Permitted Oak tree in rear garden - Reduce crown by 2-2.5m. SUBJECT TO TPO 1264 (22.12.1995) Jun 2026 source
- Rejected First floor rear extension, hip to gable roof extension including rear dormer, front… Apr 2026 source
- Rejected Loft conversion with rear dormer and side roof window May 2026 source
Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.
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