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Get started42 Cotford Road is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Thornton Heath (CR7 8RB). It has a recorded floor area of 120 m² (around 1292 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (January 2020) shows an E (score 43), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 73), a 2-band jump.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 3.4% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £521,000 is 20.6% above the 2020 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£334/sq ft) was about 31.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 120 m² the property is well over the postcode median (60 m² across 25 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 80% of similar EPCs). One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2021. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Most recent transfer: November 2020 at £432,000.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
Single storey · Rear of property
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£521,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 3.4% per year over 14 years.
£432,000
Growth on file: 3.4% per year over 14 years.
Habitable Rooms for 42 Cotford Road runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,600
Street avg £2,590
Floor Area
120 m²
Street avg 127 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
8/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Thornton Heath Station — bus stop.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
52.8dB

Demolition of conservatory and erection of single storey rear extension
6 November 2020Most recent
£432,000
+62.1%over 14 years28 July 2006
£266,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in CR7 8RB: £379,000 (2025–2020).
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.9 t/year
Street avg 5.8 t/year
CR7 8DU
Closest school
0.5 km
Whitehorse Manor Infant School. 63 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.6dB
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