153 Longheath Gardens, Croydon, CR0 7TQ

153 Longheath Gardens is an end-of-terrace house in Croydon (CR0 7TQ). It has a recorded floor area of 76 m² (around 818 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (July 2015) shows an F (score 21), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from July 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. At 76 m² this is the 37th smallest of 45 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 48–107 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to B, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (21 versus a best of 86).

It hasn't traded since October 1998, a hold of 28 years that's notably long for the area. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £227,000 sits 530.6% above the 1998 sale of £36,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£44/sq ft) was about 78.5% below the postcode norm.