CONTENTS: INTRODUCTION - ASHFORD, KENT - BATH, SOMERSET - BECKENHAM, KENT - BEDFORD, BEDFORDSHIRE - BILLERICAY, ESSEX - BIRMINGHAM CITY CENTRE, BIRMINGHAM - BOURNEMOUTH, SUSSEX - BRENTWOOD, ESSEX - BRIGHTON, SUSSEX - CAMBRIDGE, CAMBRIDGESHIRE - CANTERBURY, KENT - CARDIFF, WALES - CHELMSFORD, ESSEX - CLEETHORPES, LINCOLNSHIRE - COLCHESTER, ESSEX - EPPING, ESSEX - GRANTHAM, LINCOLNSHIRE - GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK - GUILDFORD, SURREY - IPSWICH, SUFFOLK - KETTERING, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE - KINGS LYNN, NORFOLK - LEICESTER, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE - LIVERPOOL CITY CENTRE, LANCASHIRE - LUTON, BEDFORDSHIRE - MANCHESTER, LANCASHIRE - MILTON KEYNES, BEDFORDSHIRE - NORWICH, NORFOLK - OXFORD, OXFORDSHIRE - PETERBOROUGH, CAMBRIDGESHIRE - READING, BERKSHIRE - ROMFORD, ESSEX - SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, ESSEX - ST ALBANS, HERTFORDSHIRE - STANSTED, ESSEX - SWINDON, BERKSHIRE - WELWYN GARDEN CITY, HERTFORDSHIRE - WISBECH, CAMBRIDGESHIRE
| Area: | BECKENHAM, KENT | |||||||
| Category: | C | |||||||
| Investor Profile | Pension, Business and Cash&Equity | |||||||
| Population aged 15+: | 38,316
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| Actual | National Average | |||||||
| Percentage Class ABC1: | 71% | 44% | ||||||
| Crime: | Violence | Sexual | Burglary | Motor | ||||
| Per 1000 population | 13 | 1 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Yield Range: | 5.4% - 2.4% | |||||||
| Price Ranges | Low £ | Hi £ | Low £pw | Hi £pw | Low | Hi | ||
| Flats&maisonettes | 116,800 | 175,200 | 120 | 163 | 4.8% | 5.3% | ||
| Terraced | 160,800 | 241,200 | 166 | 225 | 4.6% | 5.4% | ||
| Semi-detached | 206,400 | 309,600 | 170 | 230 | 3.9% | 4.3% | ||
| Detached | 338,400 | 507,600 | 175 | 238 | 2.4% | 2.7% | ||
| Valuations above the national average by: | 60% | |||||||
| Actual | National Average | |||||||
| Capital growth last 12 months: | 19% | 18% | ||||||
| Capital growth last 5 years: | 105% | 80% | ||||||
| Large employers in the area: | Many | |||||||
| Demand For Letting: | Excellent | |||||||
| Average void period: | 1 week | |||||||
| Total (out of 10) | Capital Growth (out of 5) | Yield (out of 5) | ||||||
| Out of 10: | 6 | 4 | 2 | |||||
| Summary: | Great value and great location – what more do you want? | |||||||
| Description: | This is only one of two areas I have chosen within the M25 and I’ve chosen this area because its one of the few areas that represents good value. You can see from the guide prices above that you can purchase a home fit for a family at a reasonable price and still be only 10 miles away from London Bridge. The flats also represent good value to would-be young professional sharers who work in the city looking to rent hence the rapid building and renovating of 2-bed apartments at the top end of the market. As a place to live it has what you would expect of suburban living – a well stocked shopping centre, sports clubs, parks, restaurants etc. and is also only a short distance away from Bluewater, the massive retail park just outside the M25. | |||||||
| Mainline railway station: | 25 minutes to Cannon Street, London | |||||||
| Road Access: | Main access A205 8 miles south east of Central London 11 miles from M25 | |||||||
| Local Newspaper | Bromley Express 020 8269 7000 | |||||||
| Estate Agents: | Name | Address | Tel | Web | ||||
| George Proctor & Partners | 90 Elmers End Road Beckenham Kent BR3 4TA | 020 8676 0093 | www.george-proctor.co.uk | |||||
| Charles Eden | 1 Kelsey Park Road Beckenham Kent BR3 6LH | 020 8663 1964 | www.charleseden.co.uk | |||||
| Curtis Haines | 257 Croydon Road Beckenham Kent BR3 3PS | 020 8650 1000 | N/a | |||||
| Hicklin & Hicklin | 233 High Street Beckenham Kent BR3 1BN | 020 8650 0011 | N/a | |||||
| Andrew Kingsley | 62 Bromley Road Beckenham Kent BR3 5NP | 020 8650 1886 | N/a | |||||
| Acorn Estate Agents | 428 Croydon Road Beckenham Kent BR3 4EP | 020 8650 0060 | N/a | |||||
| Letting Agents: | Name | Address | Tel | Web | ||||
| Kinleigh Folkard & Hayward | 50, High St Beckenham Kent BR3 1AY | 020 8658 8443 | www.kfh.co.uk | |||||
| Andrew Reeves | 020 8658 8566 | www.andrewsreeves.co.uk | ||||||