16 Elgin Road, Croydon, CR0 6XA

16 Elgin Road is a semi-detached house in Croydon (CR0 6XA). It has a recorded floor area of 109 m² (around 1173 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (June 2018) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in October 2009 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and lighting dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 80). At 109 m² this is the 75th smallest of 88 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 14–190 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to B across 88 units on file.

Held since March 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 109 m² the property is well over the postcode median (48 m² across 87 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £263,000 sits 504.6% above the 1995 sale of £43,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£37/sq ft) was about 84.8% below the postcode norm. 21 planning records sit against the property, 7 approved, 14 refused. Past consents include HMO conversion, subdivision, an extension and change of use to residential, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.