Flat 11, Dormer Lodge, 234 Coulsdon Road, Old Coulsdon CR5 1EA: sold prices, EPC rating and value estimate
A flat of 35.4 m² built 1983-1990, rated EPC C. It last sold for £50,500 in Sept 1995. The Resi IQ estimate today is £192,000, an automated estimate and not a valuation.
Last sold for £50,500 in 1995; our estimate today is £192,000, up 280% (4.4% a year), behind the 5.2% a year typical on Coulsdon Road, Old Coulsdon.
- What we found
- Last sold £50,500 in Sept 1995.
- Estimate today £192,000, higher than 0% of house sales on the street since 2019.
- 35.4 m² against a street median of 84 m²; estimated £5,424/m².
- EPC C; 46% of homes on the street are C or better.
- 1500 m to Coulsdon South station (about 24 min walk).
Flat 11, Dormer Lodge, 234 Coulsdon Road, Old Coulsdon CR5 1EA: a flat built 1983-1990
Flat 11, Dormer Lodge, 234 Coulsdon Road is a flat in Old Coulsdon, London Borough of Croydon, built 1983-1990. It has an internal floor area of 35.4 m² and 2 habitable rooms according to its energy certificate, smaller than the typical 84 m² home on Coulsdon Road, Old Coulsdon. The postcode is CR5 1EA, in Old Coulsdon ward and the Croydon South constituency.
The sales record goes back to 1995, when the home changed hands for £50,500. Resi IQ's automated estimate of £192,000 implies a 280% change since the last sale, which would put the home at the 0th 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 7 Oct 2008. Across Coulsdon Road, Old Coulsdon, 46% of rated homes reach band C or better. Coulsdon South station is 1.5 km from the home, and the quickest weekday journey to London Blackfriars is 52 minutes.
Flat 11, Dormer Lodge, 234 Coulsdon Road value: estimated at £192,000, near the bottom of the street's price range
This home against every recorded sale on Coulsdon Road, Old Coulsdon.
Sale history
| 19 Sept 1995 | Flat / maisonette | £50,500 |
Estimate range
The shaded band is the model's estimate range (£153,000 to £230,000). The last recorded sale is shown for scale. Automated estimate, not a valuation.
Flat 11, Dormer Lodge, 234 Coulsdon Road against the rest of Coulsdon Road, Old 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | £50,500 | £88,500 | -43% |
| Now (estimate) | £192,000 | £504,000 | -62% |
The road median uses every recorded sale on Coulsdon Road, Old Coulsdon in that year (at least three), and today's median is the road's median estimated value.
Where Flat 11, Dormer Lodge, 234 Coulsdon Road sits on the street
Every home on the street, with this one outlined.
Running costs, EPC upgrades and solar for Flat 11, Dormer Lodge, 234 Coulsdon 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 Flat 11, Dormer Lodge, 234 Coulsdon Road: size, age and energy rating
- Type
- Flat
- Age band
- 1983-1990
- Floor area
- 35.4 m² (street median 84 m²)
- Habitable rooms
- 2
- EPC rating
- C
- Tenure when surveyed
- rental (private)
- UPRN
- 100022913679
Who lives near Flat 11, Dormer Lodge, 234 Coulsdon Road: 90% of homes are owner-occupied and 37% of workers work from home
Census 2021 for Croydon 044A: 1,650 residents in 635 households around Flat 11, Dormer Lodge, 234 Coulsdon Road. The figures describe a small neighbourhood, not any individual.
Who lives here
Age of residents
- Under 1519%
- 15 to 248%
- 25 to 4425%
- 45 to 6426%
- 65 and over22%
Household type
- One person19%
- Couple, no children16%
- Family with children33%
- Other31%
Homes and cars
Tenure
- Owned outright45%
- Mortgage or shared45%
- Private rented7%
- Social rented3%
Cars and vans per household
- No car13%
- 1 car35%
- 2 cars36%
- 3 or more16%
How people get to work
Main way of travelling (823 workers aged 16+)
Health and learning
General health
- Good or very good87%
- Fair10%
- Bad or very bad3%
Highest qualification (16+)
- Degree level or above35%
- A level or equivalent19%
- GCSE level24%
- None14%
Schools near Flat 11, Dormer Lodge, 234 Coulsdon Road: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coulsdon CofE Primary School Voluntary aided school · ages 4-11 | Primary | Requires improvement Graded inspection, Jun 2024 | 240 m 4 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Keston Primary School Academy converter · ages 3-11 | Primary | Good Confirmed at ungraded visit, Mar 2023 | 370 m 6 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Oasis Academy Byron Academy converter · ages 2-11 | Primary | Good Graded inspection, Sept 2023 | 850 m 14 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Oasis Academy Coulsdon Academy sponsor led · ages 11-16 | Secondary | Good Confirmed at ungraded visit, May 2024 | 920 m 15 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| New Valley Primary School Academy sponsor led · ages 4-11 | Primary | Good Confirmed at ungraded visit, Sept 2023 | 1.0 km 16 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| The Hayes Primary School Community school · ages 4-11 | Primary | Good Graded inspection, Jul 2023 | 1.3 km 22 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 Flat 11, Dormer Lodge, 234 Coulsdon Road: 52 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.
Flat 11, Dormer Lodge, 234 Coulsdon Road to central London
| Blackfriars | 52 min | walk 25 min → train 27 min |
| Victoria | 55 min | walk 25 min → train 30 min |
Stations near Flat 11, Dormer Lodge, 234 Coulsdon Road
| Coulsdon South | 1500 m | about 24 min walk |
| Coulsdon Town | 1890 m | about 31 min walk |
| Kenley | 2400 m | about 39 min walk |
Walking times estimated from straight-line distance.
Bus routes near Flat 11, Dormer Lodge, 234 Coulsdon Road
13 bus stops within 450 m, served by routes 404 466 60 N68. Nearest stop: Old Coulsdon / Tudor Rose, 41 m away.
Shops, doctors and services near Flat 11, Dormer Lodge, 234 Coulsdon 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 | Old Coulsdon Medical Practice | 110 m | 7 |
| Pharmacy | Holmes Pharmacy | 10 m | 11 |
| Dentist | Crossways Dental | 390 m | 12 |
| Supermarket | Aldi | 1.9 km | 6 |
| Library | Bradmore Green Library | 230 m | 5 |
| Post office | Old Coulsdon Post Office | 50 m | 9 |
| Park or green space | Grange Park | 140 m | 38 |
| Hospital | Caterham Dene Hospital & Minor Injuries Unit | 3.6 km | 3 |
Electric vehicle charging near Flat 11, Dormer Lodge, 234 Coulsdon 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
| BP Pulse | 6 bays | 1.9 km |
| Parkable | 10 bays | 1.9 km |
| ESB Energy | 3 bays | 2.5 km |
| ESB Energy | 3 bays | 2.5 km |
| ESB Energy | 3 bays | 2.6 km |
Show 1 more sites
| Public charge point | 2.8 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 Flat 11, Dormer Lodge, 234 Coulsdon Road: MP and councillors
Air quality and noise near Flat 11, Dormer Lodge, 234 Coulsdon Road: NO₂ 9.4 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) | 9.4 | 10 | 40 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7 | 5 | 20 |
| Coarse particles (PM10) | 11.2 | 15 | 40 |
µg/m³, annual mean. The area sits inside the Croydon air quality management area.
- Height above sea level
- 162 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 Flat 11, Dormer Lodge, 234 Coulsdon Road
Crime and policing near Flat 11, Dormer Lodge, 234 Coulsdon Road
714 police reports in 12 months within about a mile of Flat 11, Dormer Lodge, 234 Coulsdon Road
What was reported
Latest 6 months: 365, earlier 6 months: 349.
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 Flat 11, Dormer Lodge, 234 Coulsdon Road
54 food businesses with a published rating within 500 m, 37 rated 5 (very good). Nearest: Tudor Bakery (3 m, rated 3); Curry Leaf Coulsdon (3 m, rated 4); Morrisons Daily (51 m, rated 5); Pistachios (61 m, rated 5).
Planning designations around Flat 11, Dormer Lodge, 234 Coulsdon Road
- Conservation area
- Yes
- Green belt
- No
- Listed building on plot
- No
- Air quality management area
- Yes (Croydon AQMA)
- Ward
- Old Coulsdon
- 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 £570,000 since 2019 against an authority-wide average of £393,714 across all home types, so a house here sells for 45% more than the authority average.
Photos of Flat 11, Dormer Lodge, 234 Coulsdon 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 Flat 11, Dormer Lodge, 234 Coulsdon 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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Flat 11, Dormer Lodge, 234 Coulsdon Road, Old Coulsdon: questions people ask
What is the EPC rating of Flat 11, Dormer Lodge, 234 Coulsdon Road?
Flat 11, Dormer Lodge, 234 Coulsdon Road has an EPC rating of band C, with a recorded internal floor area of 35.4 square metres. Certificates last ten years, so check the lodgement date before marketing the home.
How much did Flat 11, Dormer Lodge, 234 Coulsdon Road last sell for?
Flat 11, Dormer Lodge, 234 Coulsdon Road last sold for £50,500 on 19 Sept 1995.
What is the estimated value of Flat 11, Dormer Lodge, 234 Coulsdon Road?
An automated estimate puts Flat 11, Dormer Lodge, 234 Coulsdon Road at £192,000, in a range of £153,000 to £230,000. 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 Flat 11, Dormer Lodge, 234 Coulsdon 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.