23 Leazes Avenue, Chaldon CR3 5AG: sold prices, EPC rating and value estimate
A detached house of 120 m² built 1950-1966, rated EPC C. It last sold for £725,000 in Feb 2026. The Resi IQ estimate today is £718,000, an automated estimate and not a valuation.
Estimated at £718,000, 13% below the typical Leazes Avenue home (£821,750).
- What we found
- Last sold £725,000 in Feb 2026, up 82% since 2007 (3.3% a year).
- Estimate today £718,000, higher than 0% of house sales on the street since 2019.
- 120 m² against a street median of 140.5 m²; estimated £5,983/m².
- EPC C; 30% of homes on the street are C or better.
- 2690 m to Caterham station (about 44 min walk).
23 Leazes Avenue, Chaldon CR3 5AG: a detached built 1950-1966
23 Leazes Avenue is a detached house in Chaldon, Tandridge, built 1950-1966. It has an internal floor area of 120 m² and 5 habitable rooms according to its energy certificate, smaller than the typical 140.5 m² home on Leazes Avenue. The postcode is CR3 5AG, in Chaldon ward and the East Surrey constituency.
The sales record goes back to 2007, when the home changed hands for £398,950. It sold again in 2016 for £595,000 and in 2026 for £725,000, a rise of 82% overall, or 3.3% a year. Resi IQ's automated estimate of £718,000 implies a -1% change since the last sale, which would put the home at the 0th 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 C and was lodged 4 Sept 2024. Across Leazes Avenue, 30% of rated homes reach band C or better. Caterham station is 2.7 km from the home, and the quickest weekday journey to London Blackfriars is 95 minutes.
23 Leazes Avenue value: estimated at £718,000, near the bottom of the street's price range
This home against every recorded sale on Leazes Avenue.
Sale history
| 3 Feb 2026 | Detached house | £725,000 |
| 3 Oct 2016 | Detached house | £595,000 |
| 5 Oct 2007 | Detached house | £398,950 |
Estimate range
The shaded band is the model's estimate range (£590,000 to £845,000). The last recorded sale is shown for scale. Automated estimate, not a valuation.
Where 23 Leazes Avenue sits on the street
Every home on the street, with this one outlined.
Running costs, EPC upgrades and solar for 23 Leazes 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.
1030 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 23 Leazes Avenue: size, age and energy rating
- Type
- Detached house
- Age band
- 1950-1966
- Floor area
- 120 m² (street median 140.5 m²)
- Habitable rooms
- 5
- EPC rating
- C
- Tenure when surveyed
- Owner-occupied
- UPRN
- 100061573058
Similar homes that sold near 23 Leazes Avenue
Detached homes on the street within 12 m² of this one, sold since 2019.
| Address | Size | EPC | Sold | Price | £/m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Leazes Avenue | 126 m² | D | 10 Feb 2023 | £765,000 | £6,071 |
Who lives near 23 Leazes Avenue: 93% of homes are owner-occupied and 51% of workers work from home
Census 2021 for Tandridge 005A: 1,822 residents in 670 households around 23 Leazes Avenue. The figures describe a small neighbourhood, not any individual.
Who lives here
Age of residents
- Under 1517%
- 15 to 2410%
- 25 to 4417%
- 45 to 6431%
- 65 and over26%
Household type
- One person17%
- Couple, no children17%
- Family with children31%
- Other35%
Homes and cars
Tenure
- Owned outright50%
- Mortgage or shared43%
- Private rented6%
- Social rented2%
Cars and vans per household
- No car5%
- 1 car26%
- 2 cars42%
- 3 or more26%
How people get to work
Main way of travelling (795 workers aged 16+)
Health and learning
General health
- Good or very good87%
- Fair11%
- Bad or very bad2%
Highest qualification (16+)
- Degree level or above42%
- A level or equivalent18%
- GCSE level23%
- None11%
Schools near 23 Leazes Avenue: 3 within 1.8 km, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Peter and St Paul Church Primary School Voluntary aided school · ages 4-11 | Primary | Good Graded inspection, Mar 2024 | 710 m 12 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Clifton Hill School Academy special converter · ages 11-19 | Other | – | 1.2 km 19 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Oasis Academy Coulsdon Academy sponsor led · ages 11-16 | Secondary | Good Confirmed at ungraded visit, May 2024 | 1.7 km 27 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 23 Leazes Avenue: 95 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.
23 Leazes Avenue to central London
| Blackfriars | 95 min | walk 62 min → train 33 min |
| Victoria | 97 min | walk 62 min → train 35 min |
Stations near 23 Leazes Avenue
| Caterham | 2690 m | about 44 min walk |
| Merstham | 3270 m | about 53 min walk |
| Whyteleafe South | 3450 m | about 56 min walk |
Walking times estimated from straight-line distance.
Bus routes near 23 Leazes Avenue
8 bus stops within 1000 m, with routes 411 611 657 658. Nearest stop: Doctors Lane, 576 m away.
Shops, doctors and services near 23 Leazes Avenue: supermarket, GP, pharmacy, library, and 0 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 | 1.8 km | 8 |
| Pharmacy | Payden's | 1.0 km | 10 |
| Dentist | Taunton Lane Dental Practice | 1.9 km | 8 |
| Supermarket | Tesco | 1.2 km | 8 |
| Library | Caterham Hill Library | 1.8 km | 7 |
| Post office | Caterham on the Hill Post Office | 2.0 km | 7 |
| Park or green space | Unnamed | 1.0 km | 43 |
| Hospital | Caterham Dene Hospital & Minor Injuries Unit | 2.2 km | 3 |
Electric vehicle charging near 23 Leazes Avenue
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.
No charging sites are mapped within 6 km in OpenStreetMap, so the authority-wide count above is the better guide.
Authority counts: Department for Transport, public charging device statistics. Site locations are community-mapped in OpenStreetMap, so newer sites can be missing.
Who represents 23 Leazes Avenue: MP and councillors
County councillors for Surrey are elected separately; see Surrey County Council.
Air quality and noise near 23 Leazes Avenue: NO₂ 9.2 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) | 9.2 | 10 | 40 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.9 | 5 | 20 |
| Coarse particles (PM10) | 11.6 | 15 | 40 |
µg/m³, annual mean.
- Height above sea level
- 176 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 23 Leazes Avenue
Crime and policing near 23 Leazes Avenue
549 police reports in 12 months within about a mile of 23 Leazes Avenue
What was reported
Latest 6 months: 305, earlier 6 months: 244.
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 23 Leazes Avenue
58 food businesses with a published rating within 500 m, 48 rated 5 (very good). Nearest: Stir Food @ St Peter and St Paul Church Primary (713 m, rated 2); The Arc (1077 m, rated 4); Little Treasures Pre School and Nursery (1078 m, rated 5); The Fox (1207 m, rated 5).
Planning designations around 23 Leazes Avenue
- Conservation area
- No
- Green belt
- Yes
- Listed building on plot
- No
- Air quality management area
- No
- Ward
- Chaldon
- 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 |
This street: houses sold for a median of £821,750 since 2019 against an authority-wide average of £480,535 across all home types, so a house here sells for 71% more than the authority average.
Photos of 23 Leazes 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.
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Council tax at 23 Leazes Avenue: 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.
23 Leazes Avenue, Chaldon: questions people ask
What is the EPC rating of 23 Leazes Avenue?
23 Leazes Avenue has an EPC rating of band C, with a recorded internal floor area of 120 square metres. Certificates last ten years, so check the lodgement date before marketing the home.
How much did 23 Leazes Avenue last sell for?
23 Leazes Avenue last sold for £725,000 on 3 Feb 2026, up 82% on its 5 Oct 2007 price of £398,950.
What is the estimated value of 23 Leazes Avenue?
An automated estimate puts 23 Leazes Avenue at £718,000, in a range of £590,000 to £845,000. 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 23 Leazes 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 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.