5 Hillbury Road, Whyteleafe, CR3 0ER

5 Hillbury Road is a three-bedroom mid-terrace house in Whyteleafe (CR3 0ER). It has a recorded floor area of 90 m² (around 969 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The property has underfloor heating on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position. The latest certificate (February 2019) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (February 2009); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 3-band jump.

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 6.4% per year against 0.1% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£397/sq ft) was about 64.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 90 m² the property is well over the postcode median (59 m² across 10 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 70% of similar EPCs). It changed hands recently, sold August 2025 for £385,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property.