1 Orchard End, Caterham CR3 5UR: sold prices, EPC rating and value estimate
A detached house of 163 m² built 1991-1995, rated EPC D. It last sold for £325,000 in Aug 2002. The Resi IQ estimate today is £733,000, an automated estimate and not a valuation.
Last sold for £325,000 in 2002; our estimate today is £733,000, up 126% (3.4% a year).
- What we found
- Last sold £325,000 in Aug 2002, up 127% since 1995 (11.9% a year).
- Estimate today £733,000.
- 163 m² against a street median of 155.75 m²; estimated £4,497/m².
- EPC D; 0% of homes on the street are C or better.
- 1120 m to Caterham station (about 18 min walk).
1 Orchard End, Caterham CR3 5UR: a detached built 1991-1995
1 Orchard End is a detached house in Caterham, Tandridge, built 1991-1995. It has an internal floor area of 163 m² and 8 habitable rooms according to its energy certificate, larger than the typical 155.75 m² home on Orchard End. The postcode is CR3 5UR, in Portley & Queens Park ward and the East Surrey constituency.
The sales record goes back to 1995, when the home changed hands for £143,000. It sold again in 2002 for £325,000, a rise of 127% overall, or 11.9% a year. Resi IQ's automated estimate of £733,000 implies a 126% change since the last sale. Treat it as a figure to test against comparable sales rather than a price.
The energy certificate rates the home EPC band D and was lodged 26 May 2017. Across Orchard End, 0% of rated homes reach band C or better. Caterham station is 1.1 km from the home, and the quickest weekday journey to London Victoria is 77 minutes.
1 Orchard End value: estimated at £733,000
This home against every recorded sale on Orchard End.
Sale history
| 19 Aug 2002 | Detached house | £325,000 |
| 28 Apr 1995 | Detached house | £143,000 |
Estimate range
The shaded band is the model's estimate range (£670,000 to £795,000). The last recorded sale is shown for scale. Automated estimate, not a valuation.
Where 1 Orchard End sits on the street
Every home on the street, with this one outlined.
Running costs, EPC upgrades and solar for 1 Orchard End
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 D. 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.
1022 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 Orchard End: size, age and energy rating
- Type
- Detached house
- Age band
- 1991-1995
- Floor area
- 163 m² (street median 155.75 m²)
- Habitable rooms
- 8
- EPC rating
- D
- Tenure when surveyed
- owner-occupied
- UPRN
- 100061574153
Who lives near 1 Orchard End: 77% of homes are owner-occupied and 52% of workers work from home
Census 2021 for Tandridge 005B: 1,593 residents in 713 households around 1 Orchard End. The figures describe a small neighbourhood, not any individual.
Who lives here
Age of residents
- Under 1513%
- 15 to 249%
- 25 to 4420%
- 45 to 6430%
- 65 and over29%
Household type
- One person37%
- Couple, no children14%
- Family with children22%
- Other26%
Homes and cars
Tenure
- Owned outright43%
- Mortgage or shared34%
- Private rented11%
- Social rented12%
Cars and vans per household
- No car17%
- 1 car41%
- 2 cars29%
- 3 or more13%
How people get to work
Main way of travelling (704 workers aged 16+)
Health and learning
General health
- Good or very good80%
- Fair13%
- Bad or very bad7%
Highest qualification (16+)
- Degree level or above42%
- A level or equivalent14%
- GCSE level22%
- None15%
Schools near 1 Orchard End: 9 within 1.8 km, 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essendene Lodge School Other independent school · ages 2-11 | Other | No Ofsted grade on file (independent, special or new school) | 300 m 5 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| de Stafford School Academy converter · ages 11-16 | Secondary | Good Graded inspection, Jul 2024 | 360 m 6 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Hillcroft Primary School & Nursery Academy converter · ages 2-11 | Primary | Outstanding Graded inspection, Mar 2023 | 470 m 8 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Sunnydown School Community special school · ages 11-16 | Special | Outstanding Graded inspection, Jul 2023 | 490 m 8 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Audley Primary School Community school · ages 4-11 | Primary | Good Confirmed at ungraded visit, May 2024 | 520 m 8 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| St Francis Catholic Primary School Academy converter · ages 4-11 | Primary | Good Confirmed at ungraded visit, Nov 2021 | 560 m 9 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 16 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Clifton Hill School Academy special converter · ages 11-19 | Other | – | 1.1 km 18 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Marden Lodge Primary School and Nursery Academy sponsor led · ages 2-11 | Primary | Good Graded inspection, Jan 2022 | 1.3 km 21 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 Orchard End: 77 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 Orchard End to central London
| Victoria | 77 min | walk 47 min → train 30 min |
| Blackfriars | 83 min | walk 47 min → train 36 min |
Stations near 1 Orchard End
| Caterham | 1120 m | about 18 min walk |
| Whyteleafe South | 1690 m | about 27 min walk |
| Upper Warlingham | 2160 m | about 35 min walk |
Walking times estimated from straight-line distance.
Bus routes near 1 Orchard End
44 bus stops within 1000 m, with routes 400 404 407 409 411 434 466 611 657 658. Nearest stop: Town End Close, 101 m away.
Shops, doctors and services near 1 Orchard End: supermarket, GP, pharmacy, library, and 1 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 | The Chaldon Road Surgery | 480 m | 8 |
| Pharmacy | Chemitex Pharmacy | 400 m | 10 |
| Dentist | Townend Dental Practice | 290 m | 8 |
| Supermarket | Co-op Food | 320 m | 8 |
| Library | Caterham Hill Library | 440 m | 7 |
| Post office | Caterham on the Hill Post Office | 550 m | 7 |
| Park or green space | Town End Recreation Ground | 180 m | 43 |
| Hospital | Caterham Dene Hospital & Minor Injuries Unit | 790 m | 3 |
Electric vehicle charging near 1 Orchard End
125 public charging devices in Tandridge (23 rapid, 50 kW or more), or 138 per 100,000 people. That ranks 156 of 318 local authorities in Great Britain (median 137), as at 1 July 2026.
1 mapped sites within 6 km, nearest first
| BP Pulse | 2 bays | 2.6 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 Orchard End: MP and councillors
County councillors for Surrey are elected separately; see Surrey County Council.
Air quality and noise near 1 Orchard End: NO₂ 9.9 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) | 9.9 | 10 | 40 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.1 | 5 | 20 |
| Coarse particles (PM10) | 11.3 | 15 | 40 |
µg/m³, annual mean.
- Height above sea level
- 187 m
- Air quality management area
- No
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 Orchard End
Crime and policing near 1 Orchard End
1,728 police reports in 12 months within about a mile of 1 Orchard End
What was reported
Latest 6 months: 917, earlier 6 months: 811.
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 Orchard End
55 food businesses with a published rating within 500 m, 48 rated 5 (very good). Nearest: Cherry Lodge Res Home (102 m, rated 5); Laurels Childrens Day Nursery (111 m, rated 5); Longmead Residential Home (137 m, rated 4); Taylor Shaw @ De Stafford School (221 m, rated 5).
Planning designations around 1 Orchard End
- Conservation area
- No
- Green belt
- No
- Listed building on plot
- No
- Air quality management area
- No
- Ward
- Portley & Queens Park
- Planning authority
- Tandridge LPA
The Tandridge market: average price £480,535, down 4.6% in a year
HM Land Registry UK House Price Index for Tandridge, 2026-06. A mix-adjusted average, so it can differ from the median sale price of one road.
| Type | Authority average |
|---|---|
| Detached | £864,696 |
| Semi-detached | £465,672 |
| Terraced | £391,845 |
| Flat or maisonette | £244,836 |
Photos of 1 Orchard End 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 Orchard End: Band D is £2,595 a year in Tandridge, up 5.0% on last year
Charge for 2026 to 2027, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.
The average Band D council tax in Tandridge is £2,595 for 2026 to 2027, £203 above the England average of £2,392. That ranks Tandridge 41st highest of 296 billing authorities, and the charge rose from £2,472 last year. Next door in Croydon, Band D is £2,600, £5 more than in Tandridge, so which side of a council boundary a home sits on changes the bill by about £5 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 Tandridge, 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 | £1,730 | £144 |
| Band B | £2,018 | £168 |
| Band C | £2,307 | £192 |
| Band D | £2,595 | £216 |
| Band E | £3,171 | £264 |
| Band F | £3,748 | £312 |
| Band G | £4,325 | £360 |
| Band H | £5,190 | £432 |
You can check or challenge a home's band on the GOV.UK "Find your Council Tax band" service.
1 Orchard End, Caterham: questions people ask
What is the EPC rating of 1 Orchard End?
1 Orchard End has an EPC rating of band D, with a recorded internal floor area of 163 square metres. Certificates last ten years, so check the lodgement date before marketing the home.
How much did 1 Orchard End last sell for?
1 Orchard End last sold for £325,000 on 19 Aug 2002, up 127% on its 28 Apr 1995 price of £143,000.
What is the estimated value of 1 Orchard End?
An automated estimate puts 1 Orchard End at £733,000, in a range of £670,000 to £795,000. 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 Orchard End?
The band is held by the Valuation Office Agency, which you can look up on GOV.UK. For reference, Band D council tax in Tandridge is £2,595 for 2026 to 2027, against an England average of £2,392.
Answers use data checked monthly. Sources are named in each answer.