Avery Lodge, Bishops Walk, Croydon, CR0 5BA

Avery Lodge is a nine-bedroom detached house in Croydon (CR0 5BA). It has a recorded floor area of 1577 m² (around 16975 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band H. The latest certificate (November 2016) shows a C (score 77), near the top of the C band. When first surveyed in November 2008 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor.

Held since October 1995 — that's 31 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 1577 m² the property is well over the postcode median (445 m² across 22 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 77% of similar EPCs). 9 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £3,304,000 sits 428.6% above the 1995 sale of £625,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£37/sq ft) was about 86.5% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.