1 Dornford Gardens, Old Coulsdon CR5 1JW: sold prices, EPC rating and value estimate
A detached house of 87.82 m² built 1976-1982, rated EPC F. It last sold for £345,000 in Jan 2010. The Resi IQ estimate today is £605,000, an automated estimate and not a valuation.
Last sold for £345,000 in 2010; our estimate today is £605,000, up 75% (3.4% a year), in line with the 3.0% a year typical on Dornford Gardens.
- What we found
- Last sold £345,000 in Jan 2010.
- Estimate today £605,000, higher than 60% of house sales on the street since 2019.
- 87.82 m² against a street median of 100 m²; estimated £6,889/m².
- EPC F; 0% of homes on the street are C or better.
- 1870 m to Whyteleafe station (about 30 min walk).
1 Dornford Gardens, Old Coulsdon CR5 1JW: a detached built 1976-1982
1 Dornford Gardens is a detached house in Old Coulsdon, London Borough of Croydon, built 1976-1982. It has an internal floor area of 87.82 m² and 6 habitable rooms according to its energy certificate, smaller than the typical 100 m² home on Dornford Gardens. The postcode is CR5 1JW, in Old Coulsdon ward and the Croydon South constituency.
The sales record goes back to 2010, when the home changed hands for £345,000. Resi IQ's automated estimate of £605,000 implies a 75% change since the last sale, which would put the home at the 60th percentile of recent house sales on the street. Treat it as a figure to test against comparable sales rather than a price.
The energy certificate rates the home EPC band F and was lodged 11 Sept 2009. Across Dornford Gardens, 0% of rated homes reach band C or better. Whyteleafe station is 1.9 km from the home, and the quickest weekday journey to London Victoria is 92 minutes.
1 Dornford Gardens value: estimated at £605,000, in the middle of the street's price range
This home against every recorded sale on Dornford Gardens.
Sale history
| 14 Jan 2010 | Detached house | £345,000 |
Estimate range
The shaded band is the model's estimate range (£542,000 to £669,000). The last recorded sale is shown for scale. Automated estimate, not a valuation.
Where 1 Dornford Gardens sits on the street
Every home on the street, with this one outlined.
Running costs, EPC upgrades and solar for 1 Dornford Gardens
What it would take to reach EPC C, and what solar could do for this roof.
Typical routes to EPC C
This home is rated EPC F. These are the measures that usually close the gap for a typical home.
| Improvement | Typical cost | Saves a year |
|---|---|---|
| Loft insulation to 270 mm | £900–£1,500 | £110–£170 |
| Cavity wall insulation | £1,500–£3,500 | £190–£300 |
| Low-energy lighting throughout | £100–£250 | £30–£60 |
| Air-source heat pump | £7,000–£13,000 | £0–£250 |
| Solar panels (4 kWp) | £5,000–£7,000 | £300–£600 |
Indicative UK ranges from Energy Saving Trust guidance; get quotes before you commit. The certificate for this address lists its own recommended measures on the government EPC register.
Residential rates in England from April 2025. Check gov.uk before relying on this.
Repayment mortgage, illustrative. The rate is an example; check a lender’s current rate before relying on it.
1013 kWh per kWp a year from PVGIS at this location (35° pitch, south-facing, 14% losses). Costs and prices are typical assumptions you can edit.
The building at 1 Dornford Gardens: size, age and energy rating
- Type
- Detached house
- Age band
- 1976-1982
- Floor area
- 87.82 m² (street median 100 m²)
- Habitable rooms
- 6
- EPC rating
- F
- Tenure when surveyed
- owner-occupied
- UPRN
- 100020574313
Similar homes that sold near 1 Dornford Gardens
Detached homes on the street within 12 m² of this one, sold since 2019.
| Address | Size | EPC | Sold | Price | £/m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Dornford Gardens | 89 m² | D | 16 Sept 2019 | £494,000 | £5,551 |
Who lives near 1 Dornford Gardens: 94% of homes are owner-occupied and 40% of workers work from home
Census 2021 for Croydon 044E: 1,481 residents in 619 households around 1 Dornford Gardens. The figures describe a small neighbourhood, not any individual.
Who lives here
Age of residents
- Under 1515%
- 15 to 249%
- 25 to 4421%
- 45 to 6428%
- 65 and over28%
Household type
- One person28%
- Couple, no children15%
- Family with children26%
- Other30%
Homes and cars
Tenure
- Owned outright55%
- Mortgage or shared39%
- Private rented5%
- Social rented1%
Cars and vans per household
- No car11%
- 1 car41%
- 2 cars35%
- 3 or more13%
How people get to work
Main way of travelling (682 workers aged 16+)
Health and learning
General health
- Good or very good83%
- Fair12%
- Bad or very bad4%
Highest qualification (16+)
- Degree level or above34%
- A level or equivalent16%
- GCSE level23%
- None18%
Schools near 1 Dornford Gardens: 11 within 1.8 km, 7 primary, with their latest Ofsted grades
Distances from the Department for Education register, with the latest Ofsted outcome for each school.
| School | Phase | Latest Ofsted | Distance | Records |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oasis Academy Coulsdon Academy sponsor led · ages 11-16 | Secondary | Good Confirmed at ungraded visit, May 2024 | 620 m 10 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Keston Primary School Academy converter · ages 3-11 | Primary | Good Confirmed at ungraded visit, Mar 2023 | 910 m 15 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| OneSchool Global Kenley Campus Other independent school · ages 7-18 | Other | No Ofsted grade on file (independent, special or new school) | 1.0 km 17 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Coulsdon CofE Primary School Voluntary aided school · ages 4-11 | Primary | Requires improvement Graded inspection, Jun 2024 | 1.5 km 24 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Audley Primary School Community school · ages 4-11 | Primary | Good Confirmed at ungraded visit, May 2024 | 1.5 km 24 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| St Francis Catholic Primary School Academy converter · ages 4-11 | Primary | Good Confirmed at ungraded visit, Nov 2021 | 1.6 km 26 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| New Valley Primary School Academy sponsor led · ages 4-11 | Primary | Good Confirmed at ungraded visit, Sept 2023 | 1.6 km 26 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Sunnydown School Community special school · ages 11-16 | Special | Outstanding Graded inspection, Jul 2023 | 1.6 km 26 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| The Hayes Primary School Community school · ages 4-11 | Primary | Good Graded inspection, Jul 2023 | 1.7 km 27 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| de Stafford School Academy converter · ages 11-16 | Secondary | Good Graded inspection, Jul 2024 | 1.7 km 28 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Whyteleafe Primary School Academy converter · ages 2-11 | Primary | Good Confirmed at ungraded visit, Feb 2023 | 1.8 km 29 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
Ofsted replaced its single-word judgements with report cards for inspections from November 2025, so each school shows its most recent grade on the older scale until it is re-inspected. Distances are straight-line and are not catchment areas; check the council for admissions rules.
Commuting from 1 Dornford Gardens: 92 minutes to Victoria by train
Fastest door-to-door journey arriving by 08:30 on a weekday, from the TfL journey planner, including the walk to the station.
1 Dornford Gardens to central London
| Victoria | 92 min | walk 41 min → train 10 min → train 25 min |
| Blackfriars | 94 min | walk 41 min → train 28 min → train 20 min |
Stations near 1 Dornford Gardens
| Whyteleafe | 1870 m | about 30 min walk |
| Whyteleafe South | 1930 m | about 31 min walk |
| Upper Warlingham | 2010 m | about 33 min walk |
Walking times estimated from straight-line distance.
Bus routes near 1 Dornford Gardens
5 bus stops within 450 m, served by routes 404. Nearest stop: Shirley Avenue / Caterham Drive, 198 m away.
Shops, doctors and services near 1 Dornford Gardens: supermarket, GP, pharmacy, library, and 4 EV charging sites within 6 km
Nearest of each kind, from OpenStreetMap, measured in a straight line from the postcode.
| Service | Nearest | Distance | Within 2 km |
|---|---|---|---|
| GP surgery | Old Coulsdon Medical Practice | 1.1 km | 7 |
| Pharmacy | Old Coulsdon Pharmacy | 830 m | 11 |
| Dentist | Taunton Lane Dental Practice | 790 m | 12 |
| Supermarket | Tesco | 1.3 km | 6 |
| Library | Bradmore Green Library | 1.4 km | 5 |
| Post office | Old Coulsdon Post Office | 1.2 km | 9 |
| Park or green space | Coulsdon Common | 530 m | 38 |
| Hospital | Caterham Dene Hospital & Minor Injuries Unit | 2.4 km | 3 |
Electric vehicle charging near 1 Dornford Gardens
627 public charging devices in Croydon (140 rapid, 50 kW or more), or 153 per 100,000 people. That ranks 129 of 318 local authorities in Great Britain (median 137), as at 1 July 2026.
4 mapped sites within 6 km, nearest first
| BP Pulse | 2 bays | 2.1 km |
| ESB Energy | 3 bays | 2.4 km |
| ESB Energy | 3 bays | 2.7 km |
| ESB Energy | 3 bays | 2.9 km |
Authority counts: Department for Transport, public charging device statistics. Site locations are community-mapped in OpenStreetMap, so newer sites can be missing.
Who represents 1 Dornford Gardens: MP and councillors
Air quality and noise near 1 Dornford Gardens: NO₂ 9.3 µg/m³, inside the UK legal limit and within the WHO guideline
Modelled annual averages for the 1 km square around this location, from Defra's 2023 background maps. Readings beside busy roads are higher.
| Pollutant | This square | WHO guideline | UK legal limit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO₂) | 9.3 | 10 | 40 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7 | 5 | 20 |
| Coarse particles (PM10) | 11.2 | 15 | 40 |
µg/m³, annual mean. The area sits inside the Croydon air quality management area.
- Height above sea level
- 141 m
- Air quality management area
- Yes
Defra noise maps cover major roads and railways only (above 55 dB), so "no contour" does not mean silent. Height from the Copernicus 90 m elevation model via Open-Meteo.
Crime and policing near 1 Dornford Gardens
Crime and policing near 1 Dornford Gardens
879 police reports in 12 months within about a mile of 1 Dornford Gardens
What was reported
Latest 6 months: 461, earlier 6 months: 418.
Police-recorded incidents mapped to the nearest street within roughly a mile, so a road near the town centre shows more shoplifting and anti-social behaviour than a quiet cul-de-sac nearby. Counts show what was reported, not how safe any home is.
Food and drink near 1 Dornford Gardens
57 food businesses with a published rating within 500 m, 44 rated 5 (very good). Nearest: Brightsparks Day Nursery @ Oasis Academy Coulsdon (497 m, rated 5); Olive Dining Ltd At Keston Primary School (584 m, rated 5); Breakfast & AfterSchool Clubs At Keston Primary School (584 m, rated 5); Sodexo @ Oasis Academy Coulsdon (620 m, rated 5).
Planning designations around 1 Dornford Gardens
- Conservation area
- No
- Green belt
- No
- Listed building on plot
- No
- Air quality management area
- Yes (Croydon AQMA)
- Ward
- Old Coulsdon
- Planning authority
- Croydon LPA
The Croydon market: average price £393,714, down 2.2% in a year
HM Land Registry UK House Price Index for Croydon, 2026-06. A mix-adjusted average, so it can differ from the median sale price of one road.
| Type | Authority average |
|---|---|
| Detached | £844,553 |
| Semi-detached | £540,526 |
| Terraced | £399,833 |
| Flat or maisonette | £256,496 |
This street: houses sold for a median of £548,750 since 2019 against an authority-wide average of £393,714 across all home types, so a house here sells for 39% more than the authority average.
Photos of 1 Dornford Gardens and the streets around it
Openly licensed photos taken close to this location on Wikimedia Commons. They show the surroundings, not necessarily this exact address.
Council tax at 1 Dornford Gardens: Band D is £2,600 a year in Croydon, up 4.8% on last year
Charge for 2026 to 2027, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.
The average Band D council tax in Croydon is £2,600 for 2026 to 2027, £208 above the England average of £2,392. That ranks Croydon 36th highest of 296 billing authorities, and the charge rose from £2,480 last year. Next door in Reigate and Banstead, Band D is £2,567, £33 less than in Croydon, so which side of a council boundary a home sits on changes the bill by about £33 a year at Band D.
Your own bill depends on your property's band. In England bands are set from the home's estimated value on 1 April 1991, so a Band C home pays eight ninths of the Band D charge and a Band F home thirteen ninths. The figures below are the charge for each band in Croydon, before any discount or reduction, and they include the county or borough, police, fire and any parish or GLA precepts averaged across the authority.
| Band | Per year | Per month (12 payments) |
|---|---|---|
| Band A | £1,733 | £144 |
| Band B | £2,022 | £169 |
| Band C | £2,311 | £193 |
| Band D | £2,600 | £217 |
| Band E | £3,178 | £265 |
| Band F | £3,755 | £313 |
| Band G | £4,333 | £361 |
| Band H | £5,200 | £433 |
You can check or challenge a home's band on the GOV.UK "Find your Council Tax band" service.
1 Dornford Gardens, Old Coulsdon: questions people ask
What is the EPC rating of 1 Dornford Gardens?
1 Dornford Gardens has an EPC rating of band F, with a recorded internal floor area of 87.82 square metres. Certificates last ten years, so check the lodgement date before marketing the home.
How much did 1 Dornford Gardens last sell for?
1 Dornford Gardens last sold for £345,000 on 14 Jan 2010.
What is the estimated value of 1 Dornford Gardens?
An automated estimate puts 1 Dornford Gardens at £605,000, in a range of £542,000 to £669,000. It is a model estimate from Resi IQ, not a valuation, so compare it with recent sales on the street.
What council tax band is 1 Dornford Gardens?
The band is held by the Valuation Office Agency, which you can look up on GOV.UK. For reference, Band D council tax in Croydon is £2,600 for 2026 to 2027, against an England average of £2,392.
Answers use data checked monthly. Sources are named in each answer.