Flat 2 Laurel House, Whyteleafe CR3 0YW: sold prices, EPC rating and value estimate
A flat of 43.5 m² built 1996-2002, rated EPC B. It last sold for £145,000 in Dec 2009. The Resi IQ estimate today is £240,000, an automated estimate and not a valuation.
Last sold for £145,000 in 2009; our estimate today is £240,000, up 66% (3.0% a year), behind the 6.7% a year typical on Aspen Vale.
- What we found
- Last sold £145,000 in Dec 2009, up 99% since 1999 (6.7% a year).
- Estimate today £240,000.
- 43.5 m² against a street median of 52 m²; estimated £5,517/m².
- EPC B; 100% of homes on the street are C or better.
- 100 m to Whyteleafe station (about 2 min walk).
Flat 2 Laurel House, Whyteleafe CR3 0YW: a flat built 1996-2002
Flat 2 Laurel House is a flat in Whyteleafe, Tandridge, built 1996-2002. It has an internal floor area of 43.5 m² and 2 habitable rooms according to its energy certificate, smaller than the typical 52 m² home on Aspen Vale. The postcode is CR3 0YW, in Whyteleafe ward and the East Surrey constituency.
The sales record goes back to 1999, when the home changed hands for £72,950. It sold again in 2009 for £145,000, a rise of 99% overall, or 6.7% a year. Resi IQ's automated estimate of £240,000 implies a 66% change since the last sale. Treat it as a figure to test against comparable sales rather than a price.
The energy certificate rates the home EPC band B and was lodged 20 Jul 2009. Across Aspen Vale, 100% of rated homes reach band C or better. Whyteleafe station is 100 m from the home, and the quickest weekday journey to London Victoria is 44 minutes.
Flat 2 Laurel House value: estimated at £240,000
This home against every recorded sale on Aspen Vale.
Sale history
| 17 Dec 2009 | Flat / maisonette | £145,000 |
| 7 May 1999 | Flat / maisonette | £72,950 |
Estimate range
The shaded band is the model's estimate range (£221,000 to £260,000). The last recorded sale is shown for scale. Automated estimate, not a valuation.
Where Flat 2 Laurel House sits on the street
Every home on the street, with this one outlined.
Running costs, EPC upgrades and solar for Flat 2 Laurel House
What it would take to reach EPC C, and what solar could do for this roof.
Going further than EPC B
This home is rated EPC B. 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.
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 Flat 2 Laurel House: size, age and energy rating
- Type
- Flat
- Age band
- 1996-2002
- Floor area
- 43.5 m² (street median 52 m²)
- Habitable rooms
- 2
- EPC rating
- B
- Tenure when surveyed
- owner-occupied
- UPRN
- 200000146026
Who lives near Flat 2 Laurel House: 48% of homes are owner-occupied and 41% of workers work from home
Census 2021 for Tandridge 002E: 1,316 residents in 624 households around Flat 2 Laurel House. The figures describe a small neighbourhood, not any individual.
Who lives here
Age of residents
- Under 1521%
- 15 to 249%
- 25 to 4443%
- 45 to 6419%
- 65 and over8%
Household type
- One person36%
- Couple, no children19%
- Family with children32%
- Other12%
Homes and cars
Tenure
- Owned outright15%
- Mortgage or shared48%
- Private rented27%
- Social rented10%
Cars and vans per household
- No car18%
- 1 car56%
- 2 cars22%
- 3 or more4%
How people get to work
Main way of travelling (775 workers aged 16+)
Health and learning
General health
- Good or very good86%
- Fair11%
- Bad or very bad3%
Highest qualification (16+)
- Degree level or above39%
- A level or equivalent19%
- GCSE level26%
- None10%
Schools near Flat 2 Laurel House: 8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whyteleafe Primary School Academy converter · ages 2-11 | Primary | Good Confirmed at ungraded visit, Feb 2023 | 340 m 6 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Kenley Primary School Academy converter · ages 4-11 | Primary | Requires improvement Graded inspection, Jul 2024 | 640 m 10 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Warlingham School Academy converter · ages 11-18 | Secondary | Good Confirmed at ungraded visit, Jan 2023 | 1.1 km 19 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Hamsey Green Primary Academy converter · ages 2-11 | Primary | Good Graded inspection, Mar 2020 | 1.3 km 21 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| OneSchool Global Kenley Campus Other independent school · ages 7-18 | Other | No Ofsted grade on file (independent, special or new school) | 1.4 km 23 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| St Francis Catholic Primary School Academy converter · ages 4-11 | Primary | Good Confirmed at ungraded visit, Nov 2021 | 1.7 km 28 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Riddlesdown Collegiate Academy converter · ages 11-19 | Secondary | Outstanding Graded inspection, May 2023 | 1.7 km 28 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Audley Primary School Community school · ages 4-11 | Primary | Good Confirmed at ungraded visit, May 2024 | 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 Flat 2 Laurel House: 44 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.
Flat 2 Laurel House to central London
| Victoria | 44 min | walk 14 min → train 30 min |
| Blackfriars | 50 min | walk 14 min → train 36 min |
Stations near Flat 2 Laurel House
| Whyteleafe | 100 m | about 2 min walk |
| Upper Warlingham | 360 m | about 6 min walk |
| Whyteleafe South | 840 m | about 14 min walk |
Walking times estimated from straight-line distance.
Bus routes near Flat 2 Laurel House
29 bus stops within 1000 m, with routes 407 409 411 434 439 657 658. Nearest stop: Whyteleafe Station, 133 m away.
Shops, doctors and services near Flat 2 Laurel House: supermarket, GP, pharmacy, library, and 5 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 | Unnamed | 1.7 km | 8 |
| Pharmacy | Hobbs Pharmacy | 200 m | 10 |
| Dentist | Immediate Dental Care | 1.6 km | 8 |
| Supermarket | Co-op Food | 2.6 km | 8 |
| Library | Warlingham Library | 1.7 km | 7 |
| Post office | Whyteleafe Post Office | 240 m | 7 |
| Park or green space | Whyteleafe Parish Council Garden | 250 m | 43 |
| Hospital | Caterham Dene Hospital & Minor Injuries Unit | 3.0 km | 3 |
Electric vehicle charging near Flat 2 Laurel House
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.
5 mapped sites within 6 km, nearest first
| BP Pulse | 2 bays | 320 m |
| ESB Energy | 3 bays | 1.2 km |
| ESB Energy | 3 bays | 2.1 km |
| Shell Recharge | 1 bay | 2.4 km |
| ESB Energy | 3 bays | 2.6 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 Flat 2 Laurel House: MP and councillors
County councillors for Surrey are elected separately; see Surrey County Council.
Air quality and noise near Flat 2 Laurel House: NO₂ 10.2 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) | 10.2 | 10 | 40 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.1 | 5 | 20 |
| Coarse particles (PM10) | 11.5 | 15 | 40 |
µg/m³, annual mean.
- Height above sea level
- 101 m
- 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 Flat 2 Laurel House
Crime and policing near Flat 2 Laurel House
737 police reports in 12 months within about a mile of Flat 2 Laurel House
What was reported
Latest 6 months: 412, earlier 6 months: 325.
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 2 Laurel House
55 food businesses with a published rating within 500 m, 44 rated 5 (very good). Nearest: Tesco Express (147 m, rated 5); The Bridge (158 m, rated 5); Whyteleafe Tavern (163 m, rated 5); Boescakes (196 m, rated 5).
Planning designations around Flat 2 Laurel House
- Conservation area
- No
- Green belt
- No
- Listed building on plot
- No
- Air quality management area
- No
- Ward
- Whyteleafe
- 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 |
Photos of Flat 2 Laurel House 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 2 Laurel House: 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.
Flat 2 Laurel House, Whyteleafe: questions people ask
What is the EPC rating of Flat 2 Laurel House?
Flat 2 Laurel House has an EPC rating of band B, with a recorded internal floor area of 43.5 square metres. Certificates last ten years, so check the lodgement date before marketing the home.
How much did Flat 2 Laurel House last sell for?
Flat 2 Laurel House last sold for £145,000 on 17 Dec 2009, up 99% on its 7 May 1999 price of £72,950.
What is the estimated value of Flat 2 Laurel House?
An automated estimate puts Flat 2 Laurel House at £240,000, in a range of £221,000 to £260,000. 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 2 Laurel House?
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.