8 Magpie Close, Coulsdon CR5 1AT: sold prices, EPC rating and value estimate
A mid-terrace house of 98 m² built 1967-1975, rated EPC D. It last sold for £399,950 in Mar 2021. The Resi IQ estimate today is £503,000, an automated estimate and not a valuation.
Last sold for £399,950 in 2021; our estimate today is £503,000, up 26% (4.2% a year), behind the 6.1% a year typical on Magpie Close.
- What we found
- Last sold £399,950 in Mar 2021, up 406% since 1996 (6.9% a year).
- Estimate today £503,000, higher than 100% of house sales on the street since 2019.
- 98 m² against a street median of 93 m²; estimated £5,133/m².
- EPC D; 50% of homes on the street are C or better.
- 1070 m to Coulsdon South station (about 17 min walk).
8 Magpie Close, Coulsdon CR5 1AT: a mid-terrace built 1967-1975
8 Magpie Close is a mid-terrace house in Coulsdon, London Borough of Croydon, built 1967-1975. It has an internal floor area of 98 m² and 5 habitable rooms according to its energy certificate, larger than the typical 93 m² home on Magpie Close. The postcode is CR5 1AT, in Coulsdon Town ward and the Croydon South constituency.
The sales record goes back to 1996, when the home changed hands for £79,000. It sold again in 2015 for £345,000 and in 2021 for £399,950, a rise of 406% overall, or 6.9% a year. Resi IQ's automated estimate of £503,000 implies a 26% change since the last sale, which would put the home at the 100th 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 20 Jun 2015. Across Magpie Close, 50% of rated homes reach band C or better. Coulsdon South station is 1.1 km from the home, and the quickest weekday journey to London Blackfriars is 46 minutes.
8 Magpie Close value: estimated at £503,000, near the top of the street's price range
This home against every recorded sale on Magpie Close.
Sale history
| 3 Mar 2021 | Terraced house | £399,950 |
| 13 Nov 2015 | Terraced house | £345,000 |
| 27 Sept 1996 | Terraced house | £79,000 |
Estimate range
The shaded band is the model's estimate range (£473,000 to £533,000). The last recorded sale is shown for scale. Automated estimate, not a valuation.
Where 8 Magpie Close sits on the street
Every home on the street, with this one outlined.
Running costs, EPC upgrades and solar for 8 Magpie Close
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.
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 8 Magpie Close: size, age and energy rating
- Type
- Terraced house
- Age band
- 1967-1975
- Floor area
- 98 m² (street median 93 m²)
- Habitable rooms
- 5
- EPC rating
- D
- Tenure when surveyed
- owner-occupied
- UPRN
- 100020575600
Similar homes that sold near 8 Magpie Close
Terraced homes on the street within 12 m² of this one, sold since 2019.
| Address | Size | EPC | Sold | Price | £/m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Magpie Close | 101 m² | D | 21 Dec 2022 | £440,000 | £4,356 |
Who lives near 8 Magpie Close: 90% of homes are owner-occupied and 51% of workers work from home
Census 2021 for Croydon 043A: 1,648 residents in 630 households around 8 Magpie Close. The figures describe a small neighbourhood, not any individual.
Who lives here
Age of residents
- Under 1518%
- 15 to 249%
- 25 to 4424%
- 45 to 6427%
- 65 and over21%
Household type
- One person21%
- Couple, no children18%
- Family with children32%
- Other28%
Homes and cars
Tenure
- Owned outright41%
- Mortgage or shared48%
- Private rented7%
- Social rented3%
Cars and vans per household
- No car8%
- 1 car44%
- 2 cars32%
- 3 or more16%
How people get to work
Main way of travelling (833 workers aged 16+)
Health and learning
General health
- Good or very good88%
- Fair9%
- Bad or very bad3%
Highest qualification (16+)
- Degree level or above48%
- A level or equivalent16%
- GCSE level21%
- None10%
Schools near 8 Magpie Close: 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Serenity School Other independent special school · ages 11-19 | Special | No Ofsted grade on file (independent, special or new school) | 1.0 km 16 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| St Aidan's Catholic Primary School Academy converter · ages 4-11 | Primary | Good Confirmed at ungraded visit, Sept 2024 | 1.1 km 19 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Smitham Primary School Community school · ages 3-11 | Primary | Good Confirmed at ungraded visit, Jun 2023 | 1.3 km 21 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Oasis Academy Byron Academy converter · ages 2-11 | Primary | Good Graded inspection, Sept 2023 | 1.4 km 22 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Coulsdon CofE Primary School Voluntary aided school · ages 4-11 | Primary | Requires improvement Graded inspection, Jun 2024 | 1.5 km 24 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Chipstead Valley Primary School Academy converter · ages 2-11 | Primary | Outstanding Graded inspection, Jun 2024 | 1.5 km 25 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 8 Magpie Close: 46 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.
8 Magpie Close to central London
| Blackfriars | 46 min | walk 19 min → train 27 min |
| Victoria | 49 min | walk 19 min → train 30 min |
Stations near 8 Magpie Close
| Coulsdon South | 1070 m | about 17 min walk |
| Woodmansterne | 1460 m | about 24 min walk |
| Chipstead | 1690 m | about 27 min walk |
Walking times estimated from straight-line distance.
Bus routes near 8 Magpie Close
4 bus stops within 450 m, served by routes 405. Nearest stop: Woodplace Lane, 162 m away.
Shops, doctors and services near 8 Magpie Close: supermarket, GP, pharmacy, library, and 2 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 | 1.4 km | 7 |
| Pharmacy | Valley Pharmacy | 1.4 km | 11 |
| Dentist | mydentist | 1.5 km | 12 |
| Supermarket | Aldi | 1.6 km | 6 |
| Library | Unnamed | 1.5 km | 5 |
| Post office | Coulsdon Post Office | 1.5 km | 9 |
| Park or green space | Farthing Downs | 560 m | 38 |
| Hospital | Purley War Memorial Hospital | 4.3 km | 3 |
Electric vehicle charging near 8 Magpie Close
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.
2 mapped sites within 6 km, nearest first
| Parkable | 10 bays | 1.4 km |
| BP Pulse | 6 bays | 1.6 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 8 Magpie Close: MP and councillors
Air quality and noise near 8 Magpie Close: NO₂ 9.9 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) | 9.9 | 10 | 40 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.1 | 5 | 20 |
| Coarse particles (PM10) | 11.6 | 15 | 40 |
µg/m³, annual mean. The area sits inside the Croydon air quality management area.
- Height above sea level
- 94 m
- Rail noise (Defra mapping)
- See Defra map
- 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 8 Magpie Close
Crime and policing near 8 Magpie Close
1,028 police reports in 12 months within about a mile of 8 Magpie Close
What was reported
Latest 6 months: 552, earlier 6 months: 476.
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 8 Magpie Close
56 food businesses with a published rating within 500 m, 40 rated 5 (very good). Nearest: Netherne Community Amateur Sports Club (308 m, rated 5); The White House (355 m, rated 5); The Full Monty Cafe (390 m, rated 5); Croftdown House Residential Home (443 m, rated 4).
Planning designations around 8 Magpie Close
- 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 £440,000 since 2019 against an authority-wide average of £393,714 across all home types, so a house here sells for 12% more than the authority average.
Photos of 8 Magpie Close 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 8 Magpie Close: 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.
8 Magpie Close, Coulsdon: questions people ask
What is the EPC rating of 8 Magpie Close?
8 Magpie Close has an EPC rating of band D, with a recorded internal floor area of 98 square metres. Certificates last ten years, so check the lodgement date before marketing the home.
How much did 8 Magpie Close last sell for?
8 Magpie Close last sold for £399,950 on 3 Mar 2021, up 406% on its 27 Sept 1996 price of £79,000.
What is the estimated value of 8 Magpie Close?
An automated estimate puts 8 Magpie Close at £503,000, in a range of £473,000 to £533,000. 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 8 Magpie Close?
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.