5 Melrose Avenue, Croydon, London, SW16 4RX

5 Melrose Avenue is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Croydon, London, London (SW16 4RX). It has a recorded floor area of 129 m² (around 1389 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (May 2015) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (May 2011); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from May 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 129 m² the property is well over the postcode median (45 m² across 12 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2003–2012, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £550,000 sits 64.2% above the 2012 sale of £335,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£241/sq ft) was about 31.6% below the postcode norm. Last changed hands 14 years ago, in September 2012. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property.