5 Smitham Downs Road, Woodcote CR8 4NH: sold prices, EPC rating and value estimate
A detached house of 296 m², rated EPC C. It last sold for £920,000 in Jul 2015. The Resi IQ estimate today is £865,000, an automated estimate and not a valuation.
Last sold for £920,000 in 2015; our estimate today is £865,000, down 6% (-0.5% a year), behind the 4.0% a year typical on Smitham Downs Road.
- What we found
- Last sold £920,000 in Jul 2015, up 426% since 1996 (9.3% a year).
- Estimate today £865,000, higher than 80% of house sales on the street since 2019.
- 296 m² against a street median of 150 m²; estimated £2,922/m².
- EPC C; 56% of homes on the street are C or better.
- 600 m to Reedham station (about 10 min walk).
5 Smitham Downs Road, Woodcote CR8 4NH: a detached
5 Smitham Downs Road is a detached house in Woodcote, London Borough of Croydon. It has an internal floor area of 296 m² and 10 habitable rooms according to its energy certificate, larger than the typical 150 m² home on Smitham Downs Road. The postcode is CR8 4NH, in Coulsdon Town ward and the Croydon South constituency.
The sales record goes back to 1996, when the home changed hands for £175,000. It sold again in 2015 for £920,000, a rise of 426% overall, or 9.3% a year. Resi IQ's automated estimate of £865,000 implies a -6% change since the last sale, which would put the home at the 80th 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 13 Jan 2026. Across Smitham Downs Road, 56% of rated homes reach band C or better. Reedham station is 600 m from the home, and the quickest weekday journey to London Victoria is 57 minutes.
5 Smitham Downs Road value: estimated at £865,000, near the top of the street's price range
This home against every recorded sale on Smitham Downs Road.
Sale history
| 31 Jul 2015 | Detached house | £920,000 |
| 29 Nov 1996 | Detached house | £175,000 |
Estimate range
The shaded band is the model's estimate range (£692,000 to £1,038,000). The last recorded sale is shown for scale. Automated estimate, not a valuation.
Where 5 Smitham Downs Road sits on the street
Every home on the street, with this one outlined.
Running costs, EPC upgrades and solar for 5 Smitham Downs 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.
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.
1013 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 5 Smitham Downs Road: size, age and energy rating
- Type
- Detached house
- Floor area
- 296 m² (street median 150 m²)
- Habitable rooms
- 10
- EPC rating
- C
- UPRN
- 100020669806
Who lives near 5 Smitham Downs Road: 90% of homes are owner-occupied and 54% of workers work from home
Census 2021 for Croydon 038C: 1,457 residents in 493 households around 5 Smitham Downs Road. The figures describe a small neighbourhood, not any individual.
Who lives here
Age of residents
- Under 1517%
- 15 to 2412%
- 25 to 4424%
- 45 to 6428%
- 65 and over18%
Household type
- One person15%
- Couple, no children14%
- Family with children38%
- Other32%
Homes and cars
Tenure
- Owned outright39%
- Mortgage or shared51%
- Private rented8%
- Social rented1%
Cars and vans per household
- No car9%
- 1 car41%
- 2 cars34%
- 3 or more17%
How people get to work
Main way of travelling (731 workers aged 16+)
Health and learning
General health
- Good or very good89%
- Fair8%
- Bad or very bad2%
Highest qualification (16+)
- Degree level or above52%
- A level or equivalent15%
- GCSE level17%
- None10%
Schools near 5 Smitham Downs Road: 11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodcote Primary School Academy converter · ages 3-11 | Primary | No overall grade Quality of education: Good (Jul 2025) | 560 m 9 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Woodcote High School Academy converter · ages 11-19 | Secondary | Good Confirmed at ungraded visit, Mar 2024 | 700 m 11 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Beaumont Primary School Community school · ages 4-11 | Primary | Standards maintained Ungraded visit, Mar 2025 | 720 m 12 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| St Nicholas School Community special school · ages 4-11 | Special | Requires improvement Graded inspection, Jun 2024 | 750 m 12 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| St David's School Other independent school · ages 3-11 | Other | No Ofsted grade on file (independent, special or new school) | 1.2 km 19 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Cumnor House School Other independent school · ages 4-11 | Other | No Ofsted grade on file (independent, special or new school) | 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 |
| St Aidan's Catholic Primary School Academy converter · ages 4-11 | Primary | Good Confirmed at ungraded visit, Sept 2024 | 1.6 km 26 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Abingdon House School Purley Other independent special school · ages 10-17 | Special | No Ofsted grade on file (independent, special or new school) | 1.6 km 26 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Oasis Academy Byron Academy converter · ages 2-11 | Primary | Good Graded inspection, Sept 2023 | 1.7 km 27 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Laleham Lea 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 |
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 5 Smitham Downs Road: 57 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.
5 Smitham Downs Road to central London
| Victoria | 57 min | walk 16 min → train 3 min → train 25 min |
| Blackfriars | 59 min | walk 16 min → train 18 min → train 20 min |
Stations near 5 Smitham Downs Road
| Reedham | 600 m | about 10 min walk |
| Coulsdon Town | 720 m | about 12 min walk |
| Coulsdon South | 1490 m | about 24 min walk |
Walking times estimated from straight-line distance.
Shops, doctors and services near 5 Smitham Downs Road: supermarket, GP, pharmacy, library, and 6 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 Coulsdon Medical Practice | 570 m | 11 |
| Pharmacy | Boots | 860 m | 19 |
| Dentist | Ivory Dental | 280 m | 17 |
| Supermarket | Waitrose | 810 m | 5 |
| Library | Coulsdon Library | 1.1 km | 7 |
| Post office | Coulsdon Post Office | 1.2 km | 7 |
| Park or green space | Woodcote Village Green | 800 m | 32 |
| Hospital | Purley War Memorial Hospital | 1.8 km | 1 |
Electric vehicle charging near 5 Smitham Downs 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.
6 mapped sites within 6 km, nearest first
| Public charge point | 680 m | |
| BP Pulse | 6 bays | 920 m |
| Parkable | 10 bays | 1.2 km |
| Public charge point | 1.7 km | |
| Public charge point | 1.7 km |
Show 1 more sites
| ESB Energy | 3 bays | 1.7 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 5 Smitham Downs Road: MP and councillors
Air quality and noise near 5 Smitham Downs Road: NO₂ 11.2 µg/m³, inside the UK legal limit and above 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) | 11.2 | 10 | 40 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.4 | 5 | 20 |
| Coarse particles (PM10) | 12.1 | 15 | 40 |
µg/m³, annual mean. The area sits inside the Croydon air quality management area.
- Height above sea level
- 103 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 5 Smitham Downs Road
Crime and policing near 5 Smitham Downs Road
1,912 police reports in 12 months within about a mile of 5 Smitham Downs Road
What was reported
Latest 6 months: 1011, earlier 6 months: 901.
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 5 Smitham Downs Road
57 food businesses with a published rating within 500 m, 38 rated 5 (very good). Nearest: Achieve Together (3 m, rated 5); Oregon Care (233 m, rated 5); Woodcote Care Home (445 m, rated 5); Cliftonhouse Care (447 m, rated 5).
Planning designations around 5 Smitham Downs 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 £785,000 since 2019 against an authority-wide average of £393,714 across all home types, so a house here sells for 99% more than the authority average.
Photos of 5 Smitham Downs 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 5 Smitham Downs 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.
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5 Smitham Downs Road, Woodcote: questions people ask
What is the EPC rating of 5 Smitham Downs Road?
5 Smitham Downs Road has an EPC rating of band C, with a recorded internal floor area of 296 square metres. Certificates last ten years, so check the lodgement date before marketing the home.
How much did 5 Smitham Downs Road last sell for?
5 Smitham Downs Road last sold for £920,000 on 31 Jul 2015, up 426% on its 29 Nov 1996 price of £175,000.
What is the estimated value of 5 Smitham Downs Road?
An automated estimate puts 5 Smitham Downs Road at £865,000, in a range of £692,000 to £1,038,000. 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 5 Smitham Downs 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.