18 Lynwood Avenue, Coulsdon CR5 2QL: sold prices, EPC rating and value estimate
A flat of 69 m² built 1950-1966, rated EPC C. It last sold for £266,000 in Jul 2016. The Resi IQ estimate today is £356,000, an automated estimate and not a valuation.
Last sold for £266,000 in 2016; our estimate today is £356,000, up 34% (2.9% a year), behind the 8.5% a year typical on Lynwood Avenue.
- What we found
- Last sold £266,000 in Jul 2016, up 995% since 1995 (12.0% a year).
- Estimate today £356,000.
- 69 m² against a street median of 69 m²; estimated £5,159/m².
- EPC C; 57% of homes on the street are C or better.
- 420 m to Woodmansterne station (about 7 min walk).
18 Lynwood Avenue, Coulsdon CR5 2QL: a flat built 1950-1966
18 Lynwood Avenue is a flat in Coulsdon, London Borough of Sutton, built 1950-1966. It has an internal floor area of 69 m² and 3 habitable rooms according to its energy certificate, the same size as the typical 69 m² home on Lynwood Avenue. The postcode is CR5 2QL, in Carshalton South & Clockhouse ward and the Carshalton and Wallington constituency.
The sales record goes back to 1995, when the home changed hands for £24,300. It sold again in 1998 for £59,999 and in 2002 for £135,000 and in 2008 for £149,950 and in 2016 for £266,000, a rise of 995% overall, or 12.0% a year. Resi IQ's automated estimate of £356,000 implies a 34% 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 C and was lodged 12 Nov 2025. Across Lynwood Avenue, 57% of rated homes reach band C or better. Woodmansterne station is 420 m from the home, and the quickest weekday journey to London Blackfriars is 49 minutes.
18 Lynwood Avenue value: estimated at £356,000
This home against every recorded sale on Lynwood Avenue.
Sale history
| 1 Jul 2016 | Flat / maisonette | £266,000 |
| 29 Oct 2008 | Flat / maisonette | £149,950 |
| 11 Dec 2002 | Flat / maisonette | £135,000 |
| 27 Nov 1998 | Flat / maisonette | £59,999 |
| 19 Jun 1995 | Flat / maisonette | £24,300 |
Estimate range
The shaded band is the model's estimate range (£335,000 to £378,000). The last recorded sale is shown for scale. Automated estimate, not a valuation.
18 Lynwood Avenue against the rest of Lynwood Avenue
Each sale of this home next to the typical sale on the road in the same year.
| Year | This home | Road median that year | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | £24,300 | - | - |
| 1998 | £59,999 | - | - |
| 2002 | £135,000 | £130,950 | +3% |
| 2008 | £149,950 | £179,000 | -16% |
| 2016 | £266,000 | £266,000 | 0% |
| Now (estimate) | £356,000 | £343,000 | +4% |
The road median uses every recorded sale on Lynwood Avenue in that year (at least three), and today's median is the road's median estimated value.
Where 18 Lynwood Avenue sits on the street
Every home on the street, with this one outlined.
Running costs, EPC upgrades and solar for 18 Lynwood Avenue
What it would take to reach EPC C, and what solar could do for this roof.
Going further than EPC C
This home is rated EPC C. It already meets the C target, so these are the measures that cut bills further.
| 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 18 Lynwood Avenue: size, age and energy rating
- Type
- Flat
- Age band
- 1950-1966
- Floor area
- 69 m² (street median 69 m²)
- Habitable rooms
- 3
- EPC rating
- C
- Tenure when surveyed
- Owner-occupied
- UPRN
- 5870110281
Who lives near 18 Lynwood Avenue: 65% of homes are owner-occupied and 36% of workers work from home
Census 2021 for Sutton 024D: 1,714 residents in 636 households around 18 Lynwood Avenue. The figures describe a small neighbourhood, not any individual.
Who lives here
Age of residents
- Under 1520%
- 15 to 2412%
- 25 to 4425%
- 45 to 6427%
- 65 and over16%
Household type
- One person21%
- Couple, no children14%
- Family with children37%
- Other28%
Homes and cars
Tenure
- Owned outright28%
- Mortgage or shared38%
- Private rented8%
- Social rented26%
Cars and vans per household
- No car17%
- 1 car43%
- 2 cars28%
- 3 or more11%
How people get to work
Main way of travelling (815 workers aged 16+)
Health and learning
General health
- Good or very good83%
- Fair11%
- Bad or very bad6%
Highest qualification (16+)
- Degree level or above30%
- A level or equivalent16%
- GCSE level26%
- None18%
Schools near 18 Lynwood Avenue: 6 within 1.8 km, 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smitham Primary School Community school · ages 3-11 | Primary | Good Confirmed at ungraded visit, Jun 2023 | 690 m 11 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| St Aidan's Catholic Primary School Academy converter · ages 4-11 | Primary | Good Confirmed at ungraded visit, Sept 2024 | 720 m 12 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Chipstead Valley Primary School Academy converter · ages 2-11 | Primary | Outstanding Graded inspection, Jun 2024 | 1.0 km 15 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Woodcote Primary School Academy converter · ages 3-11 | Primary | No overall grade Quality of education: Good (Jul 2025) | 1.1 km 18 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Woodcote High School Academy converter · ages 11-19 | Secondary | Good Confirmed at ungraded visit, Mar 2024 | 1.1 km 18 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Woodmansterne Primary School Academy converter · ages 2-11 | Primary | Good Confirmed at ungraded visit, Sept 2023 | 1.4 km 22 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 18 Lynwood Avenue: 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.
18 Lynwood Avenue to central London
| Blackfriars | 49 min | walk 22 min → train 27 min |
| Victoria | 52 min | walk 22 min → train 30 min |
Stations near 18 Lynwood Avenue
| Woodmansterne | 420 m | about 7 min walk |
| Coulsdon Town | 1240 m | about 20 min walk |
| Coulsdon South | 1260 m | about 21 min walk |
Walking times estimated from straight-line distance.
Bus routes near 18 Lynwood Avenue
No mapped bus stops within 1 km of this postcode. Rural stops and routes can be missing from OpenStreetMap, so check the operator before relying on this.
Shops, doctors and services near 18 Lynwood Avenue: supermarket, GP, pharmacy, library, and 3 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 | 630 m | 7 |
| Pharmacy | Valley Pharmacy | 460 m | 11 |
| Dentist | mydentist | 830 m | 12 |
| Supermarket | Aldi | 1.0 km | 6 |
| Library | Coulsdon Library | 930 m | 5 |
| Post office | The Mount Post Office | 430 m | 9 |
| Park or green space | Corrigan Recreation Ground | 760 m | 38 |
| Hospital | Purley War Memorial Hospital | 3.2 km | 3 |
Electric vehicle charging near 18 Lynwood Avenue
253 public charging devices in Sutton (74 rapid, 50 kW or more), or 118 per 100,000 people. That ranks 203 of 318 local authorities in Great Britain (median 137), as at 1 July 2026.
3 mapped sites within 6 km, nearest first
| Parkable | 10 bays | 840 m |
| BP Pulse | 6 bays | 1.0 km |
| Public charge point | 2.2 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 18 Lynwood Avenue: MP and councillors
County councillors for Surrey are elected separately; see Surrey County Council.
Air quality and noise near 18 Lynwood Avenue: NO₂ 10 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) | 10 | 10 | 40 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.1 | 5 | 20 |
| Coarse particles (PM10) | 11.3 | 15 | 40 |
µg/m³, annual mean. The area sits inside the Croydon air quality management area.
- Height above sea level
- 134 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 18 Lynwood Avenue
Crime and policing near 18 Lynwood Avenue
1,279 police reports in 12 months within about a mile of 18 Lynwood Avenue
What was reported
Latest 6 months: 668, earlier 6 months: 611.
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 18 Lynwood Avenue
58 food businesses with a published rating within 500 m, 41 rated 5 (very good). Nearest: Kingfishers Day Nursery (423 m, rated 4); 328 Chinese Food Takeaway (423 m, rated 5); Clockhouse Convenience Stores (431 m, rated 1); Morleys (431 m, rated 5).
Planning designations around 18 Lynwood Avenue
- Conservation area
- No
- Green belt
- No
- Listed building on plot
- No
- Air quality management area
- Yes (Sutton AQMA)
- Ward
- Carshalton South & Clockhouse
- Planning authority
- Sutton LPA
The Sutton market: average price £447,596, up 0.6% in a year
HM Land Registry UK House Price Index for Sutton, 2026-06. A mix-adjusted average, so it can differ from the median sale price of one road.
| Type | Authority average |
|---|---|
| Detached | £1,026,134 |
| Semi-detached | £649,613 |
| Terraced | £458,001 |
| Flat or maisonette | £281,553 |
Photos of 18 Lynwood Avenue 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 18 Lynwood Avenue: Band D is £2,379 a year in Sutton, 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 Sutton is £2,379 for 2026 to 2027, £13 below the England average of £2,392. That ranks Sutton 192nd highest of 296 billing authorities, and the charge rose from £2,270 last year. Next door in Croydon, Band D is £2,600, £221 more than in Sutton, so which side of a council boundary a home sits on changes the bill by about £221 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 Sutton, 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 | £1,586 | £132 |
| Band B | £1,850 | £154 |
| Band C | £2,114 | £176 |
| Band D | £2,379 | £198 |
| Band E | £2,907 | £242 |
| Band F | £3,436 | £286 |
| Band G | £3,964 | £330 |
| Band H | £4,757 | £396 |
You can check or challenge a home's band on the GOV.UK "Find your Council Tax band" service.
18 Lynwood Avenue, Coulsdon: questions people ask
What is the EPC rating of 18 Lynwood Avenue?
18 Lynwood Avenue has an EPC rating of band C, with a recorded internal floor area of 69 square metres. Certificates last ten years, so check the lodgement date before marketing the home.
How much did 18 Lynwood Avenue last sell for?
18 Lynwood Avenue last sold for £266,000 on 1 Jul 2016, up 995% on its 19 Jun 1995 price of £24,300.
What is the estimated value of 18 Lynwood Avenue?
An automated estimate puts 18 Lynwood Avenue at £356,000, in a range of £335,000 to £378,000. 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 18 Lynwood Avenue?
The band is held by the Valuation Office Agency, which you can look up on GOV.UK. For reference, Band D council tax in Sutton is £2,379 for 2026 to 2027, against an England average of £2,392.
Answers use data checked monthly. Sources are named in each answer.