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

5b is a three-bedroom mid-terrace house in Croydon, London, London (SW16 4UW). It has a recorded floor area of 132 m² (around 1421 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1930-1949. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (August 2013) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 87), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from August 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

Held since September 2007 — that's 19 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 132 m² the property is well over the postcode median (74 m² across 37 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £521,000 sits 98.5% above the 2007 sale of £262,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£185/sq ft) was about 20.6% below the postcode norm.