61 Chipstead Valley Road, Coulsdon CR5 3BP: sold prices, EPC rating and value estimate
A mid-terrace house of 79 m² built 1900-1929, rated EPC E. It last sold for £185,000 in Feb 2006. The Resi IQ estimate today is £449,000, an automated estimate and not a valuation.
Last sold for £185,000 in 2006; our estimate today is £449,000, up 143% (4.4% a year), behind the 5.8% a year typical on Chipstead Valley Road, Coulsdon.
What we found
Last sold £185,000 in Feb 2006, up 101% since 1999 (11.2% a year).
Estimate today £449,000, higher than 95% of house sales on the street since 2019.
79 m² against a street median of 75.18 m²; estimated £5,684/m².
EPC E; 25% of homes on the street are C or better.
520 m to Coulsdon South station (about 8 min walk).
61 Chipstead Valley Road
61 Chipstead Valley Road
£92,000
sold 23 Jul 1999
61 Chipstead Valley Road, Coulsdon CR5 3BP: a mid-terrace built 1900-1929
61 ChipsteadValley Road is a mid-terrace house in Coulsdon, London Borough of Croydon, built 1900-1929. It has an internal floor area of 79 m² and 5 habitable rooms according to its energy certificate, larger than the typical 75.18 m² home on Chipstead Valley Road, Coulsdon. The postcode is CR5 3BP, in Coulsdon Town ward and the Croydon South constituency.
The sales record goes back to 1999, when the home changed hands for £92,000. It sold again in 2006 for £185,000, a rise of 101% overall, or 11.2% a year. Resi IQ's automated estimate of £449,000 implies a 143% 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 E and was lodged 1 Nov 2023. Across Chipstead Valley Road, Coulsdon, 25% of rated homes reach band C or better. Coulsdon South station is 520 m from the home, and the quickest weekday journey to London Blackfriars is 38 minutes.
House saleFlat saleYearly medianThis homeEstimate today
Sale history
10 Feb 2006
Terraced house
£185,000
23 Jul 1999
Terraced house
£92,000
Estimate range
Last sale £185k
Estimate £449k
The shaded band is the model's estimate range (£401,000 to £497,000). The last recorded sale is shown for scale. Automated estimate, not a valuation.
61 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
1999
£92,000
£95,000
-3%
2006
£185,000
£203,000
-9%
Now (estimate)
£449,000
£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 61 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 61 Chipstead Valley Road
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 E. 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.
£12,450
Effective rate 2.8% on £449,000
Residential rates in England from April 2025. Check gov.uk before relying on this.
£2,121 a month
Borrowing £381,650 · deposit £67,350 · total interest £254,750
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 61 Chipstead Valley Road: size, age and energy rating
Type
Terraced house
Age band
1900-1929
Floor area
79 m² (street median 75.18 m²)
Habitable rooms
5
EPC rating
E
Tenure when surveyed
Rented (private)
UPRN
100020573093
Similar homes that sold near 61 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
176 Chipstead Valley Road
90 m²
D
14 Feb 2025
£431,000
£4,789
297 Chipstead Valley Road
74 m²
C
31 Jan 2025
£425,000
£5,743
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
Who lives near 61 Chipstead Valley Road: 83% of homes are owner-occupied and 47% of workers work from home
Census 2021 for Croydon 043B: 1,339 residents in 527 households around 61 ChipsteadValley Road. The figures describe a small neighbourhood, not any individual.
83%own their home5 pts above the CR5 average
18%of residents under 151 pts below the CR5 average
18%of residents aged 65+In line with the CR5 average
47%work from home3 pts above the CR5 average
44%degree-level qualified3 pts above the CR5 average
16%homes with no car2 pts above the CR5 average
Who lives here
Age of residents
Under 1518%
15 to 2410%
25 to 4427%
45 to 6427%
65 and over18%
Household type
One person22%
Couple, no children17%
Family with children32%
Other29%
Homes and cars
Tenure
Owned outright38%
Mortgage or shared46%
Private rented13%
Social rented3%
Cars and vans per household
No car16%
1 car47%
2 cars30%
3 or more7%
How people get to work
Main way of travelling (669 workers aged 16+)
Work from home47%
Drive or passenger33%
Train, tube or tram9%
Walk or cycle6%
Bus4%
Health and learning
General health
Good or very good85%
Fair11%
Bad or very bad4%
Highest qualification (16+)
Degree level or above44%
A level or equivalent16%
GCSE level21%
None13%
Schools near 61 Chipstead Valley Road: 8 within 1.8 km, 7 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
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 61 Chipstead Valley Road: 38 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.
61 Chipstead Valley Road to central London
Blackfriars
38 min
walk 11 min → train 27 min
Victoria
41 min
walk 11 min → train 30 min
Stations near 61 Chipstead Valley Road
Coulsdon South
520 m
about 8 min walk
Coulsdon Town
550 m
about 9 min walk
Woodmansterne
880 m
about 14 min walk
Walking times estimated from straight-line distance.
Bus routes near 61 Chipstead Valley Road
22 bus stops within 450 m, served by routes 16640440543446360633N68. Nearest stop: Portnalls Road, 79 m away.
Shops, doctors and services near 61 Chipstead Valley 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
Woodcote Medical
140 m
7
Pharmacy
Infohealth Pharmacy
260 m
11
Dentist
mydentist
210 m
12
Supermarket
Aldi
360 m
6
Library
Coulsdon Library
260 m
5
Post office
Coulsdon Post Office
110 m
9
Park or green space
Coulsdon Memorial Ground
740 m
38
Hospital
Purley War Memorial Hospital
3.0 km
3
Electric vehicle charging near 61 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.
6 mapped sites within 6 km, nearest first
Parkable
10 bays
110 m
BP Pulse
6 bays
390 m
Public charge point
1.9 km
ESB Energy
3 bays
2.7 km
Public charge point
2.9 km
Show 1 more sites
Public charge point
3.0 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 61 Chipstead Valley Road: MP and councillors
Air quality and noise near 61 Chipstead Valley Road: NO₂ 10.8 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)
10.8
10
40
Fine particles (PM2.5)
7.3
5
20
Coarse particles (PM10)
11.9
15
40
µg/m³, annual mean. The area sits inside the Croydon air quality management area.
Height above sea level
85 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 61 Chipstead Valley Road
Crime and policing near 61 Chipstead Valley Road
1,413 police reports in 12 months within about a mile of 61 Chipstead Valley Road
What was reported
Violence and sexual offences440
Anti-social behaviour256
Vehicle crime157
Shoplifting133
Burglary95
Other theft85
Latest 6 months: 738, earlier 6 months: 675.
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 61 Chipstead Valley Road
58 food businesses with a published rating within 500 m, 37 rated 5 (very good). Nearest: Bright HorizonsCoulsdon Day Nursery And Preschool (182 m, rated 5); Best Save Food & Wine Store (195 m, rated 4); Mei Gourmet (195 m, rated 5); Wood And Stone (195 m, rated 2).
Planning designations around 61 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 61 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 61 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.
61 Chipstead Valley Road, Coulsdon: questions people ask
What is the EPC rating of 61 Chipstead Valley Road?
61 Chipstead Valley Road has an EPC rating of band E, with a recorded internal floor area of 79 square metres. Certificates last ten years, so check the lodgement date before marketing the home.
How much did 61 Chipstead Valley Road last sell for?
61 Chipstead Valley Road last sold for £185,000 on 10 Feb 2006, up 101% on its 23 Jul 1999 price of £92,000.
What is the estimated value of 61 Chipstead Valley Road?
An automated estimate puts 61 Chipstead Valley Road at £449,000, in a range of £401,000 to £497,000. 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 61 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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Tools for 61 Chipstead Valley Road: budget finder, council tax and price check
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