17 Hollymeoak Road, Coulsdon CR5 3QA: sold prices, EPC rating and value estimate
A detached house of 182 m² built 1900-1929, rated EPC D. It last sold for £1,152,000 in Oct 2024. The Resi IQ estimate today is £1,190,000, an automated estimate and not a valuation.
Last sold for £1,152,000 in 2024; our estimate today is £1,190,000, up 3% (1.7% a year), behind the 4.8% a year typical on Hollymeoak Road.
- What we found
- Last sold £1,152,000 in Oct 2024, up 69% since 2006 (3.0% a year).
- Estimate today £1,190,000, higher than 83% of house sales on the street since 2019.
- 182 m² against a street median of 182 m²; estimated £6,538/m².
- EPC D; 29% of homes on the street are C or better.
- 1260 m to Coulsdon South station (about 20 min walk).
17 Hollymeoak Road, Coulsdon CR5 3QA: a detached built 1900-1929
17 Hollymeoak Road is a detached house in Coulsdon, London Borough of Croydon, built 1900-1929. It has an internal floor area of 182 m² and 7 habitable rooms according to its energy certificate, the same size as the typical 182 m² home on Hollymeoak Road. The postcode is CR5 3QA, in Coulsdon Town ward and the Croydon South constituency.
The sales record goes back to 2006, when the home changed hands for £680,000. It sold again in 2024 for £1,152,000, a rise of 69% overall, or 3.0% a year. Resi IQ's automated estimate of £1,190,000 implies a 3% change since the last sale, which would put the home at the 83th 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 D and was lodged 24 Aug 2023. Across Hollymeoak Road, 29% of rated homes reach band C or better. Coulsdon South station is 1.3 km from the home, and the quickest weekday journey to London Blackfriars is 49 minutes.
17 Hollymeoak Road value: estimated at £1,190,000, near the top of the street's price range
This home against every recorded sale on Hollymeoak Road.
Sale history
| 25 Oct 2024 | Detached house | £1,152,000 |
| 29 Sept 2006 | Detached house | £680,000 |
Estimate range
The shaded band is the model's estimate range (£1,095,000 to £1,286,000). The last recorded sale is shown for scale. Automated estimate, not a valuation.
Where 17 Hollymeoak Road sits on the street
Every home on the street, with this one outlined.
Running costs, EPC upgrades and solar for 17 Hollymeoak Road
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.
1010 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 17 Hollymeoak Road: size, age and energy rating
- Type
- Detached house
- Age band
- 1900-1929
- Floor area
- 182 m² (street median 182 m²)
- Habitable rooms
- 7
- EPC rating
- D
- Tenure when surveyed
- Owner-occupied
- UPRN
- 100020575106
Who lives near 17 Hollymeoak Road: 84% of homes are owner-occupied and 54% of workers work from home
Census 2021 for Croydon 043E: 2,908 residents in 992 households around 17 Hollymeoak Road. The figures describe a small neighbourhood, not any individual.
Who lives here
Age of residents
- Under 1525%
- 15 to 249%
- 25 to 4436%
- 45 to 6420%
- 65 and over10%
Household type
- One person13%
- Couple, no children18%
- Family with children49%
- Other21%
Homes and cars
Tenure
- Owned outright24%
- Mortgage or shared62%
- Private rented7%
- Social rented8%
Cars and vans per household
- No car8%
- 1 car50%
- 2 cars31%
- 3 or more11%
How people get to work
Main way of travelling (1,545 workers aged 16+)
Health and learning
General health
- Good or very good90%
- Fair7%
- Bad or very bad3%
Highest qualification (16+)
- Degree level or above53%
- A level or equivalent16%
- GCSE level18%
- None8%
Schools near 17 Hollymeoak Road: 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Serenity School Other independent special school · ages 11-19 | Special | No Ofsted grade on file (independent, special or new school) | 610 m 10 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| St Aidan's Catholic Primary School Academy converter · ages 4-11 | Primary | Good Confirmed at ungraded visit, Sept 2024 | 1.2 km 20 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Chipstead Valley Primary School Academy converter · ages 2-11 | Primary | Outstanding Graded inspection, Jun 2024 | 1.3 km 21 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Smitham Primary School Community school · ages 3-11 | Primary | Good Confirmed at ungraded visit, Jun 2023 | 1.4 km 23 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Oasis Academy Byron Academy converter · ages 2-11 | Primary | Good Graded inspection, Sept 2023 | 1.8 km 28 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 17 Hollymeoak Road: 49 minutes to Blackfriars 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.
17 Hollymeoak Road to central London
| Blackfriars | 49 min | walk 22 min → train 27 min |
| Victoria | 52 min | walk 22 min → train 30 min |
Stations near 17 Hollymeoak Road
| Coulsdon South | 1260 m | about 20 min walk |
| Woodmansterne | 1380 m | about 22 min walk |
| Chipstead | 1390 m | about 23 min walk |
Walking times estimated from straight-line distance.
Bus routes near 17 Hollymeoak Road
4 bus stops within 450 m, served by routes 405. Nearest stop: Woodfield Hill, 231 m away.
Shops, doctors and services near 17 Hollymeoak Road: supermarket, GP, pharmacy, library, and 2 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 | Woodcote Medical | 1.5 km | 7 |
| Pharmacy | Valley Pharmacy | 1.3 km | 11 |
| Dentist | mydentist | 1.7 km | 12 |
| Supermarket | Aldi | 1.8 km | 6 |
| Library | Coulsdon Library | 1.7 km | 5 |
| Post office | Station Parade Post Office | 1.5 km | 9 |
| Park or green space | Farthing Downs | 1.0 km | 38 |
| Hospital | Purley War Memorial Hospital | 4.5 km | 3 |
Electric vehicle charging near 17 Hollymeoak Road
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.
2 mapped sites within 6 km, nearest first
| Parkable | 10 bays | 1.5 km |
| BP Pulse | 6 bays | 1.8 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 17 Hollymeoak Road: MP and councillors
Air quality and noise near 17 Hollymeoak Road: NO₂ 9.4 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) | 9.4 | 10 | 40 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7 | 5 | 20 |
| Coarse particles (PM10) | 11.1 | 15 | 40 |
µg/m³, annual mean. The area sits inside the Croydon air quality management area.
- Height above sea level
- 132 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 17 Hollymeoak Road
Crime and policing near 17 Hollymeoak Road
757 police reports in 12 months within about a mile of 17 Hollymeoak Road
What was reported
Latest 6 months: 402, earlier 6 months: 355.
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 17 Hollymeoak Road
56 food businesses with a published rating within 500 m, 38 rated 5 (very good). Nearest: Croftdown House Residential Home (238 m, rated 4); Bramley Health (324 m, rated 4); Netherne Community Amateur Sports Club (560 m, rated 5); Serenity School Coulsdon (603 m, rated 4).
Planning designations around 17 Hollymeoak Road
- Conservation area
- No
- Green belt
- No
- Listed building on plot
- No
- Air quality management area
- Yes (Croydon AQMA)
- Ward
- Coulsdon Town
- 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 £872,500 since 2019 against an authority-wide average of £393,714 across all home types, so a house here sells for 122% more than the authority average.
Photos of 17 Hollymeoak Road 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 17 Hollymeoak Road: 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.
17 Hollymeoak Road, Coulsdon: questions people ask
What is the EPC rating of 17 Hollymeoak Road?
17 Hollymeoak Road has an EPC rating of band D, with a recorded internal floor area of 182 square metres. Certificates last ten years, so check the lodgement date before marketing the home.
How much did 17 Hollymeoak Road last sell for?
17 Hollymeoak Road last sold for £1,152,000 on 25 Oct 2024, up 69% on its 29 Sept 2006 price of £680,000.
What is the estimated value of 17 Hollymeoak Road?
An automated estimate puts 17 Hollymeoak Road at £1,190,000, in a range of £1,095,000 to £1,286,000. 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 17 Hollymeoak Road?
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.