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Get started17 Essenden Road is a four-bedroom detached house in South Croydon (CR2 0BW). It has a recorded floor area of 119 m² (around 1281 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (March 2010) shows a D (score 56), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 73). The latest certificate is from March 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a conservatory.
It hasn't traded since June 2010, a hold of 16 years that's notably long for the area. Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 7.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £767,000 is 35.8% above the 2010 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£441/sq ft) was about 78% above the typical sold price in the postcode. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2016. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 119 m² it's 28.3% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (166 m² median across 14 EPCs).
17 Essenden Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 08 Mar 2020
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Erection of single storey rear extension and front porch.
17 Essenden Road saw 3 transfers in just over a decade — high turnover for the postcode.
£767,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.5% per year over 9 years.
£565,000
Growth on file: 7.5% per year over 9 years.
On floor area, 17 Essenden Road runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£4,746
Street avg £3,031
Floor Area
119 m²
Street avg 167 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
5/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
West Hill — bus stop.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
50.5dB

4 June 2010Most recent
£565,000
+36.1%over 6 years11 July 2003
£415,000
+43.1%over 2 years12 March 2001
£290,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CR2 0BW: £542,500 (2025–2014).
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.3 t/year
Street avg 8.3 t/year
CR2 0RX
Closest school
0.6 km
Purley Oaks Primary School. 33 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.7dB
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