5 Chapel View, South Croydon, CR2 7LG

5 Chapel View is a five-bedroom detached house in South Croydon (CR2 7LG). It has a recorded floor area of 227 m² (around 2443 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (May 2021) shows a C (score 76), near the top of the C band. When first surveyed in November 2017 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 82). Other recorded features include a loft. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 25.3% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£442/sq ft) was about 63.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 227 m² the property is well over the postcode median (135 m² across 13 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 85% of similar EPCs). 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, partial demolition and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last sale on file: £1,080,000 in June 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.