The Croft, Vicarage Road, Crawley Down, Crawley, RH10 4JF

The Croft is a five-bedroom detached house in Crawley Down, Crawley, Crawley (RH10 4JF). It has a recorded floor area of 189 m² (around 2034 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band F. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (March 2017) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 3-band jump. Period features are noted in the property record.

Untraded for 19 years, with the last transfer in October 2007. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 189 m² the property is well over the postcode median (98 m² across 8 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 75% of similar EPCs). 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Across 1999–2007, sale prices on this property compounded at 10.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £793,000 sits 52.5% above the 2007 sale of £520,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£256/sq ft) was about 15.9% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused.