3a, Chaldon Common Road, Chaldon, Caterham, CR3 5DE

3a is a six-bedroom detached house in Chaldon, Caterham, Caterham (CR3 5DE). It has a recorded floor area of 207 m² (around 2228 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (July 2019) returns a B (score 82), comfortably above the UK average. When first surveyed in March 2012 the rating was D, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average and hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good. The property has solar panels on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

At 207 m² the property is well over the postcode median (154 m² across 12 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. 6 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. 3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, a garage conversion, solar panel installation and tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1999–2023, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.6% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£419/sq ft) was about 69.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold July 2023 for £932,500.