39 Carolina Road, Thornton Heath, CR7 8DN

39 Carolina Road is a semi-detached house in Thornton Heath (CR7 8DN). It has a recorded floor area of 150 m² (around 1615 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (February 2016) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from February 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since September 1995 — that's 31 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £598,000 sits 614% above the 1995 sale of £83,750. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£52/sq ft) was about 73.8% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and a garage conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 150 m² it's 26.1% larger than the typical home in the postcode (119 m² median across 13 EPCs).