157 Harestone Valley Road, Caterham, CR3 6HT

157 Harestone Valley Road is a five-bedroom detached house in Caterham (CR3 6HT). It has a recorded floor area of 236 m² (around 2540 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (May 2021) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. The rating has held steady at C across 2 certificates since June 2011. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average. Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot.

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 6.3% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£456/sq ft) was about 68.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 236 m² the property is well over the postcode median (129 m² across 10 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 80% of similar EPCs). 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an annexe, partial demolition, an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last sale on file: £1,158,000 in December 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.