5a, Beatrice Avenue, Croydon, London, SW16 4UW

5a is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Croydon, London, London (SW16 4UW). It has a recorded floor area of 105 m² (around 1130 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (October 2024) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since August 2013. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 74). Period features are noted in the property record.

Sale prices here have outpaced London HPI: 5% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£469/sq ft) was about 105.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 105 m² the property is well over the postcode median (74 m² across 31 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It changed hands recently, sold March 2025 for £530,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2019. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.