98 Chaldon Road, Caterham, CR3 5PH

98 Chaldon Road is an end-of-terrace house in Caterham (CR3 5PH). It has a recorded floor area of 36 m² (around 388 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1950-1966. At 36 m² this is the 4th smallest of 30 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 30–127 m². The building's EPC ratings span D to B, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (60 versus a best of 84). The latest certificate (December 2021) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 72). Main heating runs on electricity.

Sale prices here have lagged England HPI: -2.7% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £214,000 sits 111.9% above the 2022 sale of £101,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£261/sq ft) was about 24.2% below the postcode norm. At 36 m² it sits well below the postcode median (74 m² across 29 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 90% of similar EPCs). 6 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 3 refused. Past consents include change of use to residential, an extension, a loft conversion and subdivision, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last sale on file: £101,000 in February 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.