29a, Hilltop Road, Whyteleafe, CR3 0DF

29a is a four-bedroom detached house in Whyteleafe (CR3 0DF). It has a recorded floor area of 113 m² (around 1219 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (October 2009) shows an E (score 45), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 67). The latest certificate is from October 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since December 2009 — that's 16 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale fell during the post-crash dip, which often skews comparisons against later neighbouring sales. Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 8.2% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £584,000 is 49.7% above the 2009 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£320/sq ft) was about 26.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 113 m² it's 23% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (147 m² median across 9 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 9 planning records sit against the property, 7 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include an extension and a basement excavation, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.