According to the public record, 4 Garden Cottages, Orpington is a freehold house.
By comparing it to neighbours, we estimate that it is a period house with 687 ft2 of internal area and sits on a 105 m2 plot and a garden.
Houses of this size in this area normally have 2 bedrooms.
Main Road, Orpington, BR5 is located in the borough of Bromley within the BR5 postal district.
4 Garden Cottages, Orpington has a single entry in the Land Registry database from June 2023 and no records in the EPC database.
We combine this sold price information with public data of neighbouring properties to estimate the attributes and values.
Based on public information available, and assuming the property is in reasonable condition, we estimate the current sale value for 4 Garden Cottages Orpington as £303,187 and the rental value as £1,554 per month giving an expected gross yield of 6.1%.
Over the last 12 months the sale value of 4 Garden Cottages Orpington has increased by £3,739 (1.2%) and its rental value has increased by £98 per month (6.3%).
Decorative condition can have a big effect on a property's value and this effect varies depending on the type, size and location of the property.
If 4 Garden Cottages, Orpington is in very good condition we estimate a sale value of £318,347 and rental value of £1,631 per month.
However, if the property needs a lot of cosmetic work we estimate a sale value of £281,964 and a rental value of £1,445 per month.
If you were able to purchase this property for the estimated value of £303,187, and assuming a 25 year repayment term, a 15% deposit and a fixed rate of 4.89%, your monthly repayments would be £1,490 per month.
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According to data from HM Land Registry, 4 Garden Cottages, Orpington sits on a plot of 105m2.
We have plot size data on 11 out of 11 other houses in the postcode and 4 Garden Cottages, Orpington sits on the largest plot.
According to HM Land Registry, 4 Garden Cottages, Orpington was last sold on 19 Jun 2023 for £290,000 and was recorded as a freehold house.
The property has only had this single sale since 1995.
Since Jun 2023, the market for similar properties has risen 0.5%
According to the Land Registry and our network of Estate Agents, there have been 3 sales of properties similar to 4 Garden Cottages, Orpington within a radius of 0m over the last 2 years.
The most recent example is 5 Garden Cottages, Main Road, Orpington, BR5 3HN, a Freehold house which sold for £316,000 in Nov 2022.
Read more about house prices in BR5.
Main Road, Orpington, BR5 has a total of 116 addresses. According to our analysis of all the public data, 4 Garden Cottages, Orpington is the 78th largest and the 72nd most expensive property on the street.
When compared to the postcode district it is £163k less expensive than the average property in BR5.
The closest station to 4 Garden Cottages, Orpington is St Mary Cray station which is 1.1 km away.
According to data from the Environment Agency, the flood risk in this area is considered to be very low.
The recent census recorded whether a resident owned or rented their home.
In the area around 4 Garden Cottages, Orpington, 39.0% of property is privately owned outright and 38.3% is privately owned with a mortgage.
The graph below shows how this compares to Greater London and the rest of England & Wales.
The recent census recorded the highest level of education achieved by residents in the local area.
In the area around 4 Garden Cottages, Orpington, 12.4% of residents are recorded as possessing school level qualifications and 29.2% as possessing degree level qualifications.
The graph below shows how this compares to Greater London and the rest of England & Wales
The most recent census in 2021 recorded the age of all UK residents.
In the area around 4 Garden Cottages, Orpington, the average age was 36.4 and the most common age was 7.
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The recent census recorded whether a property was a primary or secondary home for the resident.
In the area around 4 Garden Cottages, Orpington, 0.6% of property was a second home.
Comparison figures for Greater London and the rest of England & Wales are listed below.
The recent census recorded the number of cars registered in each household.
In the area around 4 Garden Cottages, Orpington, there are an average of 1.2 cars per household.
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