1 Dean Road, Croydon, CR0 1HX

1 Dean Road is a two-bedroom detached house in Croydon (CR0 1HX). It has a recorded floor area of 138 m² (around 1485 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (March 2016) shows an E (score 43), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from March 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since March 2007 — that's 19 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 138 m² the property is well over the postcode median (80 m² across 24 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 83% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £585,000 sits 58.1% above the 2007 sale of £370,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£249/sq ft) was about 23.5% below the postcode norm. 9 planning records sit against the property, 8 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include partial demolition and an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.