31 Markville Gardens, Caterham CR3 6RG: sold prices, EPC rating and value estimate
A semi-detached house of 85.32 m² built 1900-1929, rated EPC D. It last sold for £324,000 in Aug 2010. The Resi IQ estimate today is £515,000, an automated estimate and not a valuation.
Last sold for £324,000 in 2010; our estimate today is £515,000, up 59% (2.9% a year), behind the 8.6% a year typical on Markville Gardens.
- What we found
- Last sold £324,000 in Aug 2010, up 239% since 1995 (8.7% a year).
- Estimate today £515,000, higher than 40% of house sales on the street since 2019.
- 85.32 m² against a street median of 103 m²; estimated £6,036/m².
- EPC D; 0% of homes on the street are C or better.
- 840 m to Caterham station (about 14 min walk).
31 Markville Gardens, Caterham CR3 6RG: a semi-detached built 1900-1929
31 Markville Gardens is a semi-detached house in Caterham, Tandridge, built 1900-1929. It has an internal floor area of 85.32 m² and 5 habitable rooms according to its energy certificate, smaller than the typical 103 m² home on Markville Gardens. The postcode is CR3 6RG, in Harestone ward and the East Surrey constituency.
The sales record goes back to 1995, when the home changed hands for £95,500. It sold again in 2010 for £324,000, a rise of 239% overall, or 8.7% a year. Resi IQ's automated estimate of £515,000 implies a 59% change since the last sale, which would put the home at the 40th 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 31 Mar 2010. Across Markville Gardens, 0% of rated homes reach band C or better. Caterham station is 840 m from the home, and the quickest weekday journey to London Victoria is 73 minutes.
31 Markville Gardens value: estimated at £515,000, in the middle of the street's price range
This home against every recorded sale on Markville Gardens.
Sale history
| 6 Aug 2010 | Detached house | £324,000 |
| 24 Nov 1995 | Detached house | £95,500 |
Estimate range
The shaded band is the model's estimate range (£412,000 to £618,000). The last recorded sale is shown for scale. Automated estimate, not a valuation.
31 Markville Gardens against the rest of Markville Gardens
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 | £95,500 | £95,000 | +1% |
| 2010 | £324,000 | - | - |
| Now (estimate) | £515,000 | £537,000 | -4% |
The road median uses every recorded sale on Markville Gardens in that year (at least three), and today's median is the road's median estimated value.
Where 31 Markville Gardens sits on the street
Every home on the street, with this one outlined.
Running costs, EPC upgrades and solar for 31 Markville Gardens
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 31 Markville Gardens: size, age and energy rating
- Type
- Semi-detached house
- Age band
- 1900-1929
- Floor area
- 85.32 m² (street median 103 m²)
- Habitable rooms
- 5
- EPC rating
- D
- Tenure when surveyed
- owner-occupied
- UPRN
- 100061573481
Similar homes that sold near 31 Markville Gardens
Semi-detached homes on the street within 12 m² of this one, sold since 2019.
| Address | Size | EPC | Sold | Price | £/m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 53 Markville Gardens | 96 m² | D | 22 Jul 2022 | £635,000 | £6,615 |
| 49 Markville Gardens | 85 m² | E | 10 May 2022 | £490,000 | £5,765 |
Who lives near 31 Markville Gardens: 83% of homes are owner-occupied and 44% of workers work from home
Census 2021 for Tandridge 004C: 1,348 residents in 521 households around 31 Markville Gardens. The figures describe a small neighbourhood, not any individual.
Who lives here
Age of residents
- Under 1521%
- 15 to 249%
- 25 to 4428%
- 45 to 6426%
- 65 and over15%
Household type
- One person24%
- Couple, no children16%
- Family with children38%
- Other22%
Homes and cars
Tenure
- Owned outright36%
- Mortgage or shared47%
- Private rented15%
- Social rented2%
Cars and vans per household
- No car11%
- 1 car40%
- 2 cars35%
- 3 or more13%
How people get to work
Main way of travelling (714 workers aged 16+)
Health and learning
General health
- Good or very good90%
- Fair8%
- Bad or very bad2%
Highest qualification (16+)
- Degree level or above40%
- A level or equivalent20%
- GCSE level25%
- None9%
Schools near 31 Markville Gardens: 7 within 1.8 km, 2 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 John's CofE Aided Primary School Voluntary aided school · ages 2-11 | Primary | Good Confirmed at ungraded visit, Jan 2023 | 250 m 4 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Caterham Prep Other independent school · ages 4-11 | Other | No Ofsted grade on file (independent, special or new school) | 810 m 13 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Caterham School Other independent school · ages 10-19 | Other | No Ofsted grade on file (independent, special or new school) | 1.0 km 15 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Woldingham School Other independent school · ages 10-19 | Other | No Ofsted grade on file (independent, special or new school) | 1.5 km 25 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Oakhyrst Grange School Other independent school · ages 3-11 | Other | No Ofsted grade on file (independent, special or new school) | 1.7 km 28 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Essendene Lodge School Other independent school · ages 2-11 | Other | No Ofsted grade on file (independent, special or new school) | 1.7 km 28 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Hillcroft Primary School & Nursery Academy converter · ages 2-11 | Primary | Outstanding Graded inspection, Mar 2023 | 1.8 km 29 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 31 Markville Gardens: 73 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.
31 Markville Gardens to central London
| Victoria | 73 min | walk 18 min → train 14 min → train 25 min |
| Blackfriars | 75 min | walk 18 min → train 32 min → train 20 min |
Stations near 31 Markville Gardens
| Caterham | 840 m | about 14 min walk |
| Woldingham | 2220 m | about 36 min walk |
| Whyteleafe South | 3180 m | about 52 min walk |
Walking times estimated from straight-line distance.
Bus routes near 31 Markville Gardens
10 bus stops within 1000 m, with routes 400 407 409 411 434 611 658. Nearest stop: White Knobs Way, 149 m away.
Shops, doctors and services near 31 Markville Gardens: 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 | Caterham Valley Medical Practice | 620 m | 8 |
| Pharmacy | Boots | 720 m | 10 |
| Dentist | Townend Dental Practice | 1.8 km | 8 |
| Supermarket | Morrisons | 680 m | 8 |
| Library | Caterham Library | 840 m | 7 |
| Post office | Caterham on the Hill Post Office | 1.5 km | 7 |
| Park or green space | Timber Hill Park | 770 m | 43 |
| Hospital | North Downs Hospital | 500 m | 3 |
Electric vehicle charging near 31 Markville Gardens
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 31 Markville Gardens: MP and councillors
County councillors for Surrey are elected separately; see Surrey County Council.
Air quality and noise near 31 Markville Gardens: NO₂ 9.8 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) | 9.8 | 10 | 40 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7 | 5 | 20 |
| Coarse particles (PM10) | 11.9 | 15 | 40 |
µg/m³, annual mean.
- Height above sea level
- 146 m
- Rail noise (Defra mapping)
- No mapped contour here
- 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 31 Markville Gardens
Crime and policing near 31 Markville Gardens
887 police reports in 12 months within about a mile of 31 Markville Gardens
What was reported
Latest 6 months: 463, earlier 6 months: 424.
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 31 Markville Gardens
54 food businesses with a published rating within 500 m, 50 rated 5 (very good). Nearest: Rainbows Nursery (Caterham) Limited (51 m, rated 5); Banana Moon Day Nursery (177 m, rated 5); Stir Foods @ St Johns C of E School (317 m, rated 5); Tupwood Gate Nursing Home (456 m, rated 5).
Planning designations around 31 Markville Gardens
- Conservation area
- No
- Green belt
- No
- Listed building on plot
- No
- Air quality management area
- No
- Ward
- Harestone
- 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 £545,000 since 2019 against an authority-wide average of £480,535 across all home types, so a house here sells for 13% more than the authority average.
Photos of 31 Markville Gardens 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 31 Markville Gardens: 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.
31 Markville Gardens, Caterham: questions people ask
What is the EPC rating of 31 Markville Gardens?
31 Markville Gardens has an EPC rating of band D, with a recorded internal floor area of 85.32 square metres. Certificates last ten years, so check the lodgement date before marketing the home.
How much did 31 Markville Gardens last sell for?
31 Markville Gardens last sold for £324,000 on 6 Aug 2010, up 239% on its 24 Nov 1995 price of £95,500.
What is the estimated value of 31 Markville Gardens?
An automated estimate puts 31 Markville Gardens at £515,000, in a range of £412,000 to £618,000. 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 31 Markville Gardens?
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.