34 Bensham Grove, Thornton Heath, CR7 8DA

34 Bensham Grove is an end-of-terrace house in Thornton Heath (CR7 8DA). It has a recorded floor area of 108 m² (around 1163 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (September 2021) shows a D (score 56), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in October 2011 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump.

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 5.2% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£400/sq ft) was about 48.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 108 m² the property is well over the postcode median (57 m² across 18 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Most recent transfer: March 2022 at £465,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. 3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include HMO conversion, an extension and subdivision, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.