6 Cotford Road, Thornton Heath, CR7 8RB

6 Cotford Road is a six-bedroom mid-terrace house in Thornton Heath (CR7 8RB). It has a recorded floor area of 145 m² (around 1561 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (February 2020) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since March 2009. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and roof efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 77). Other recorded features include a loft.

It hasn't traded since June 2007, a hold of 19 years that's notably long for the area. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 145 m² the property is well over the postcode median (60 m² across 25 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 6 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £525,000 sits 69.4% above the 2007 sale of £310,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£199/sq ft) was about 27.4% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: change of use to residential approved in 2008. Past consents include change of use to residential, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.