Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
7 Cascades is a detached house in Croydon (CR0 9HY). It has a recorded floor area of 44 m² (around 474 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (August 2012) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from August 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. At 44 m² this is the 12th smallest of 26 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 41–65 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to C across 26 units on file.
It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 72% of similar EPCs). Across 2014–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 9.5% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£465/sq ft) was about 75% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £220,000 in March 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 21 Aug 2022
Certificate validity
Expired on 21 August 2022
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Because the property has no mains gas supply, we believe a Level 3 building survey should be considered.
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7 Cascades has no planning applications on record.
But the area is active
3 notable applications nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£210,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 9.5% per year over 7 years.
£220,000
Growth on file: 9.5% per year over 7 years.
19 March 2021Most recent
£220,000
+83.3%over 6 years24 July 2014
£120,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CR0 9HY: £230,000 (2025–2024).
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Sold Dec 2025
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Sold Dec 2024
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Sold Dec 2024
9 Cascades, Court Wood Lane, Croydon, CR0 9HY
Sold Sept 2024
3 Cascades, Court Wood Lane, Croydon, CR0 9HY
Sold Apr 2024
EPC Rating for 7 Cascades lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£5,000
Street avg £4,468
Floor Area
44 m²
Street avg 50 m²
Habitable Rooms
2 rooms
Street avg 3 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.1 t/year
Street avg 3.0 t/year
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Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
1692/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Bears Wood — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Courtwood Primary School. 15 schools nearby.
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