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Get started72 Downs Road is a four-bedroom detached house in Coulsdon (CR5 1AF). It has a recorded floor area of 236 m² (around 2540 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (November 2025) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 77). Other recorded features include a balcony. Period features are noted in the property record.
Untraded for 20 years, with the last transfer in November 2006. Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 8.2% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £1,071,000 sits 123.1% above the 2006 sale of £480,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£189/sq ft) was about 52.7% below the postcode norm. At 236 m² the property is well over the postcode median (132 m² across 16 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
72 Downs Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
72 Downs Road has an approved single-storey side and rear extension on the planning record.
Extension: Single storey · Side and rear of property
Erection of single storey side and rear extensions with storage underneath and construction of raised patio area
72 Downs Road's modelled value sits at over four times its earliest registered sale price (1998).
£1,071,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.2% per year over 8 years.
£480,000
Growth on file: 8.2% per year over 8 years.
On price per m², 72 Downs Road runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£2,034
Street avg £5,164
Floor Area
236 m²
Street avg 158 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
4/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.4 km
Harwoods Garage — bus stop.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
51.8dB

Retention of raised decking/balcony and balustrading
20 November 2006Most recent
£480,000
+92.0%over 8 years6 August 1998
£250,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CR5 1AF: £840,000 (2023–2021).
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.8 t/year
Street avg 7.3 t/year
CR5 1EZ
Closest school
0.9 km
Oasis Academy Byron. 13 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.9dB
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