297 Chipstead Valley Road, Coulsdon CR5 3BZ: sold prices, EPC rating and value estimate
A mid-terrace house of 74 m² built 1930-1949, rated EPC C. It last sold for £425,000 in Jan 2025. The Resi IQ estimate today is £468,000, an automated estimate and not a valuation.
Last sold for £425,000 in 2025; our estimate today is £468,000, up 10% (5.9% a year), in line with the 5.8% a year typical on Chipstead Valley Road, Coulsdon.
What we found
Last sold £425,000 in Jan 2025, up 127% since 2004 (4.0% a year).
Estimate today £468,000, higher than 95% of house sales on the street since 2019.
74 m² against a street median of 75.18 m²; estimated £6,324/m².
EPC C; 25% of homes on the street are C or better.
140 m to Woodmansterne station (about 2 min walk).
297 Chipstead Valley Road
297 Chipstead Valley Road
£187,000
sold 21 May 2004
297 Chipstead Valley Road, Coulsdon CR5 3BZ: a mid-terrace built 1930-1949
297 ChipsteadValley Road is a mid-terrace house in Coulsdon, London Borough of Croydon, built 1930-1949. It has an internal floor area of 74 m² and 4 habitable rooms according to its energy certificate, smaller than the typical 75.18 m² home on Chipstead Valley Road, Coulsdon. The postcode is CR5 3BZ, in Coulsdon Town ward and the Croydon South constituency.
The sales record goes back to 2004, when the home changed hands for £187,000. It sold again in 2025 for £425,000, a rise of 127% overall, or 4.0% a year. Resi IQ's automated estimate of £468,000 implies a 10% change since the last sale, which would put the home at the 95th 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 17 Jul 2024. Across Chipstead Valley Road, Coulsdon, 25% of rated homes reach band C or better. Woodmansterne station is 140 m from the home, and the quickest weekday journey to London Victoria is 52 minutes.
House saleFlat saleYearly medianThis homeEstimate today
Sale history
31 Jan 2025
Terraced house
£425,000
21 May 2004
Terraced house
£187,000
Estimate range
Last sale £425k
Estimate £468k
The shaded band is the model's estimate range (£440,000 to £496,000). The last recorded sale is shown for scale. Automated estimate, not a valuation.
297 Chipstead Valley Road against the rest of Chipstead Valley Road, Coulsdon
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
2004
£187,000
£188,500
-1%
2025
£425,000
£419,500
+1%
Now (estimate)
£468,000
£460,000
+2%
The road median uses every recorded sale on Chipstead Valley Road, Coulsdon in that year (at least three), and today's median is the road's median estimated value.
Where 297 Chipstead Valley Road sits on the street
Every home on the street, with this one outlined.
up to £3,400£3,400–£4,400£4,400–£5,000£5,000–£5,500over £5,500flat or no sale
Running costs, EPC upgrades and solar for 297 Chipstead Valley Road
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.
£13,400
Effective rate 2.9% on £468,000
Residential rates in England from April 2025. Check gov.uk before relying on this.
£2,211 a month
Borrowing £397,800 · deposit £70,200 · total interest £265,530
Repayment mortgage, illustrative. The rate is an example; check a lender’s current rate before relying on it.
4,041 kWh a year
Saves about £849 a year (surplus exported at 15p). Cost £6,000, payback 7.1 years.
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 297 Chipstead Valley Road: size, age and energy rating
Type
Terraced house
Age band
1930-1949
Floor area
74 m² (street median 75.18 m²)
Habitable rooms
4
EPC rating
C
Tenure when surveyed
Owner-occupied
UPRN
100020573306
Similar homes that sold near 297 Chipstead Valley Road
Terraced homes on the street within 12 m² of this one, sold since 2019.
Address
Size
EPC
Sold
Price
£/m²
71 Chipstead Valley Road
73 m²
D
15 Sept 2025
£424,000
£5,808
124 Chipstead Valley Road
78 m²
D
6 Dec 2024
£392,000
£5,026
206 Chipstead Valley Road
72 m²
D
29 Oct 2024
£425,500
£5,910
122 Chipstead Valley Road
73 m²
C
6 Jun 2024
£420,000
£5,753
186 Chipstead Valley Road
71 m²
D
24 Apr 2024
£402,500
£5,669
115 Chipstead Valley Road
70 m²
E
22 Jan 2024
£367,000
£5,243
Who lives near 297 Chipstead Valley Road: 74% of homes are owner-occupied and 38% of workers work from home
Census 2021 for Croydon 043D: 1,881 residents in 671 households around 297 ChipsteadValley Road. The figures describe a small neighbourhood, not any individual.
74%own their home4 pts below the CR5 average
23%of residents under 154 pts above the CR5 average
15%of residents aged 65+3 pts below the CR5 average
38%work from home6 pts below the CR5 average
34%degree-level qualified7 pts below the CR5 average
14%homes with no carIn line with the CR5 average
Who lives here
Age of residents
Under 1523%
15 to 2411%
25 to 4429%
45 to 6423%
65 and over15%
Household type
One person16%
Couple, no children14%
Family with children43%
Other26%
Homes and cars
Tenure
Owned outright28%
Mortgage or shared46%
Private rented8%
Social rented18%
Cars and vans per household
No car14%
1 car43%
2 cars33%
3 or more10%
How people get to work
Main way of travelling (921 workers aged 16+)
Drive or passenger45%
Work from home38%
Train, tube or tram8%
Walk or cycle4%
Bus4%
Health and learning
General health
Good or very good85%
Fair11%
Bad or very bad4%
Highest qualification (16+)
Degree level or above34%
A level or equivalent18%
GCSE level25%
None16%
Schools near 297 Chipstead Valley Road: 7 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
Chipstead Valley Primary School Academy converter · ages 2-11
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 297 Chipstead Valley Road: 52 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.
297 Chipstead Valley Road to central London
Victoria
52 min
walk 4 min → train 10 min → train 25 min
Blackfriars
54 min
walk 4 min → train 25 min → train 20 min
Stations near 297 Chipstead Valley Road
Woodmansterne
140 m
about 2 min walk
Coulsdon South
1130 m
about 18 min walk
Chipstead
1430 m
about 23 min walk
Walking times estimated from straight-line distance.
Bus routes near 297 Chipstead Valley Road
17 bus stops within 450 m, served by routes 166434463633. Nearest stop: Woodmansterne Station, 107 m away.
Shops, doctors and services near 297 Chipstead Valley Road: 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
750 m
7
Pharmacy
Valley Pharmacy
360 m
11
Dentist
mydentist
1.1 km
12
Supermarket
Aldi
1.2 km
6
Library
Coulsdon Library
1.1 km
5
Post office
The Mount Post Office
930 m
9
Park or green space
Corrigan Recreation Ground
940 m
38
Hospital
Purley War Memorial Hospital
3.8 km
3
Electric vehicle charging near 297 Chipstead Valley 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.
3 mapped sites within 6 km, nearest first
Parkable
10 bays
1.0 km
BP Pulse
6 bays
1.3 km
Public charge point
2.7 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 297 Chipstead Valley Road: MP and councillors
Air quality and noise near 297 Chipstead Valley Road: 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
89 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 297 Chipstead Valley Road
Crime and policing near 297 Chipstead Valley Road
1,165 police reports in 12 months within about a mile of 297 Chipstead Valley Road
What was reported
Violence and sexual offences343
Anti-social behaviour216
Shoplifting132
Vehicle crime126
Burglary82
Other theft68
Latest 6 months: 626, earlier 6 months: 539.
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 297 Chipstead Valley Road
59 food businesses with a published rating within 500 m, 40 rated 5 (very good). Nearest: Best One (169 m, rated 5); Londis (180 m, rated 5); Little Raccoons Day Nursery (Coulsdon) (206 m, rated 2); Smugglers Inn (327 m, rated 5).
Planning designations around 297 Chipstead Valley 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 £400,000 since 2019 against an authority-wide average of £393,714 across all home types, so a house here sells for 2% more than the authority average.
Photos of 297 Chipstead Valley 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 297 Chipstead Valley 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.
297 Chipstead Valley Road, Coulsdon: questions people ask
What is the EPC rating of 297 Chipstead Valley Road?
297 Chipstead Valley Road has an EPC rating of band C, with a recorded internal floor area of 74 square metres. Certificates last ten years, so check the lodgement date before marketing the home.
How much did 297 Chipstead Valley Road last sell for?
297 Chipstead Valley Road last sold for £425,000 on 31 Jan 2025, up 127% on its 21 May 2004 price of £187,000.
What is the estimated value of 297 Chipstead Valley Road?
An automated estimate puts 297 Chipstead Valley Road at £468,000, in a range of £440,000 to £496,000. 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 297 Chipstead Valley 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.
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