24 Chartwell Close, Croydon, CR0 2AW

24 Chartwell Close is a two-bedroom detached house in Croydon (CR0 2AW). It has a recorded floor area of 53 m² (around 574 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band C. At 53 m² this is the 18th smallest of 25 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 42–65 m². On EPC score it ranks first in the building (80 versus a worst of 70). The latest certificate (March 2009) shows a C (score 80), near the top of the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 84). The latest certificate is from March 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Untraded for 18 years, with the last transfer in May 2008. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 53 m² it's 18.4% larger than the typical home in the postcode (45 m² median across 24 EPCs). Across 1998–2008, sale prices on this property compounded at 13.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £249,000 is 22.1% above the 2008 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£356/sq ft) was about 25.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode.