1 Elm Park Gardens, South Croydon, CR2 8RW

1 Elm Park Gardens is a four-bedroom end-of-terrace house in South Croydon (CR2 8RW). It has a recorded floor area of 104 m² (around 1119 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (June 2025) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (August 2014); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, roof efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and window efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 72), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include a conservatory.

Held since October 1997 — that's 29 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. Today's modelled estimate of £537,000 sits 336.6% above the 1997 sale of £123,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£110/sq ft) was about 62.7% below the postcode norm. 5 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 104 m² it's 26.8% larger than the typical home in the postcode (82 m² median across 12 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 75% of similar EPCs).