Flat 5, Old Lodge Lane, Purley CR8 4DF: sold prices, EPC rating and value estimate
A flat of 68 m², rated EPC C. It last sold for £251,000 in Feb 2016. The Resi IQ estimate today is £390,000, an automated estimate and not a valuation.
Last sold for £251,000 in 2016; our estimate today is £390,000, up 55% (4.2% a year), behind the 6.6% a year typical on Old Lodge Lane, Purley.
- What we found
- Last sold £251,000 in Feb 2016, up 298% since 1996 (7.5% a year).
- Estimate today £390,000, higher than 4% of house sales on the street since 2019.
- 68 m² against a street median of 108.5 m²; estimated £5,735/m².
- EPC C; 17% of homes on the street are C or better.
- 420 m to Reedham station (about 7 min walk).
Flat 5, Old Lodge Lane, Purley CR8 4DF: a flat
Flat 5, Old Lodge Lane is a flat in Purley, London Borough of Croydon. It has an internal floor area of 68 m² and 3 habitable rooms according to its energy certificate, smaller than the typical 108.5 m² home on Old Lodge Lane, Purley. The postcode is CR8 4DF, in Purley & Woodcote ward and the Croydon South constituency.
The sales record goes back to 1996, when the home changed hands for £63,000. It sold again in 2014 for £236,100 and in 2016 for £251,000, a rise of 298% overall, or 7.5% a year. Resi IQ's automated estimate of £390,000 implies a 55% change since the last sale, which would put the home at the 4th 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 12 May 2025. Across Old Lodge Lane, Purley, 17% of rated homes reach band C or better. Reedham station is 420 m from the home, and the quickest weekday journey to London Victoria is 50 minutes.
Flat 5, Old Lodge Lane value: estimated at £390,000, near the bottom of the street's price range
This home against every recorded sale on Old Lodge Lane, Purley.
Sale history
| 16 Feb 2016 | Flat / maisonette | £251,000 |
| 15 Aug 2014 | Flat / maisonette | £236,100 |
| 20 Dec 1996 | Flat / maisonette | £63,000 |
Estimate range
The shaded band is the model's estimate range (£315,000 to £465,000). The last recorded sale is shown for scale. Automated estimate, not a valuation.
Flat 5, Old Lodge Lane against the rest of Old Lodge Lane, Purley
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | £63,000 | £60,000 | +5% |
| 2014 | £236,100 | £372,500 | -37% |
| 2016 | £251,000 | - | - |
| Now (estimate) | £390,000 | £565,000 | -31% |
The road median uses every recorded sale on Old Lodge Lane, Purley in that year (at least three), and today's median is the road's median estimated value.
Where Flat 5, Old Lodge Lane sits on the street
Every home on the street, with this one outlined.
Running costs, EPC upgrades and solar for Flat 5, Old Lodge Lane
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 5, Old Lodge Lane: size, age and energy rating
- Type
- Flat
- Floor area
- 68 m² (street median 108.5 m²)
- Habitable rooms
- 3
- EPC rating
- C
- UPRN
- 100022917422
Who lives near Flat 5, Old Lodge Lane: 53% of homes are owner-occupied and 46% of workers work from home
Census 2021 for Croydon 041E: 1,948 residents in 816 households around Flat 5, Old Lodge Lane. The figures describe a small neighbourhood, not any individual.
Who lives here
Age of residents
- Under 1520%
- 15 to 2411%
- 25 to 4431%
- 45 to 6424%
- 65 and over14%
Household type
- One person30%
- Couple, no children16%
- Family with children34%
- Other20%
Homes and cars
Tenure
- Owned outright21%
- Mortgage or shared37%
- Private rented21%
- Social rented22%
Cars and vans per household
- No car28%
- 1 car46%
- 2 cars19%
- 3 or more7%
How people get to work
Main way of travelling (956 workers aged 16+)
Health and learning
General health
- Good or very good84%
- Fair12%
- Bad or very bad4%
Highest qualification (16+)
- Degree level or above45%
- A level or equivalent15%
- GCSE level23%
- None13%
Schools near Flat 5, Old Lodge Lane: 12 within 1.8 km, 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaumont Primary School Community school · ages 4-11 | Primary | Standards maintained Ungraded visit, Mar 2025 | 100 m 2 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| St Nicholas School Community special school · ages 4-11 | Special | Requires improvement Graded inspection, Jun 2024 | 170 m 3 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) | 1.0 km 16 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) | 1.1 km 18 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Woodcote Primary School Academy converter · ages 3-11 | Primary | No overall grade Quality of education: Good (Jul 2025) | 1.2 km 20 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Woodcote High School Academy converter · ages 11-19 | Secondary | Good Confirmed at ungraded visit, Mar 2024 | 1.3 km 22 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Harris Primary Academy Kenley Academy sponsor led · ages 3-11 | Primary | No overall grade Quality of education: Outstanding (Jul 2025) | 1.3 km 22 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| New Valley Primary School Academy sponsor led · ages 4-11 | Primary | Good Confirmed at ungraded visit, Sept 2023 | 1.5 km 24 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| The Hayes Primary School Community school · ages 4-11 | Primary | Good Graded inspection, Jul 2023 | 1.5 km 25 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Oasis Academy Byron Academy converter · ages 2-11 | Primary | Good Graded inspection, Sept 2023 | 1.6 km 26 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Purley Nursery School Local authority nursery school · ages 2-5 | Nursery | Outstanding Confirmed at ungraded visit, Dec 2023 | 1.6 km 27 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) | 1.7 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 Flat 5, Old Lodge Lane: 50 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 5, Old Lodge Lane to central London
| Victoria | 50 min | walk 25 min → train 25 min |
| Blackfriars | 53 min | walk 25 min → train 28 min |
Stations near Flat 5, Old Lodge Lane
| Reedham | 420 m | about 7 min walk |
| Coulsdon Town | 1030 m | about 17 min walk |
| Purley | 1250 m | about 20 min walk |
Walking times estimated from straight-line distance.
Bus routes near Flat 5, Old Lodge Lane
7 bus stops within 450 m, served by routes 166 312 405 466 60 N68. Nearest stop: Beaumont Primary School, 99 m away.
Shops, doctors and services near Flat 5, Old Lodge Lane: 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 | 1.0 km | 11 |
| Pharmacy | Tesco Instore Pharmacy | 1.1 km | 18 |
| Dentist | Ivory Dental | 700 m | 16 |
| Supermarket | Tesco Extra | 1.1 km | 5 |
| Library | Purley Library | 1.3 km | 6 |
| Post office | Purley Post Office | 1.4 km | 9 |
| Park or green space | The Glade | 660 m | 33 |
| Hospital | Purley War Memorial Hospital | 1.5 km | 1 |
Electric vehicle charging near Flat 5, Old Lodge Lane
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 | 540 m | |
| ESB Energy | 3 bays | 1.1 km |
| BP Pulse | 6 bays | 1.3 km |
| Public charge point | 1.5 km | |
| Public charge point | 1.5 km |
Show 1 more sites
| ESB Energy | 3 bays | 1.5 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 5, Old Lodge Lane: MP and councillors
Air quality and noise near Flat 5, Old Lodge Lane: 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
- 79 m
- Major-road noise (Defra mapping)
- No mapped contour here
- Rail noise (Defra mapping)
- No mapped contour here
- 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 5, Old Lodge Lane
Crime and policing near Flat 5, Old Lodge Lane
2,374 police reports in 12 months within about a mile of Flat 5, Old Lodge Lane
What was reported
Latest 6 months: 1251, earlier 6 months: 1123.
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 5, Old Lodge Lane
56 food businesses with a published rating within 500 m, 36 rated 5 (very good). Nearest: Ferncroft (136 m, rated 4); Olive Dining Ltd At Beaumont Primary School (246 m, rated 5); Griffins Breakfast/Afterschool Club At Beaumont Primary (246 m, rated 4); Little Learners Day Nursery (246 m, rated 5).
Planning designations around Flat 5, Old Lodge Lane
- Conservation area
- No
- Green belt
- No
- Listed building on plot
- No
- Air quality management area
- Yes (Croydon AQMA)
- Ward
- Purley & Woodcote
- 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 £620,000 since 2019 against an authority-wide average of £393,714 across all home types, so a house here sells for 57% more than the authority average.
Photos of Flat 5, Old Lodge Lane 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.
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Council tax at Flat 5, Old Lodge Lane: 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 5, Old Lodge Lane, Purley: questions people ask
What is the EPC rating of Flat 5, Old Lodge Lane?
Flat 5, Old Lodge Lane has an EPC rating of band C, with a recorded internal floor area of 68 square metres. Certificates last ten years, so check the lodgement date before marketing the home.
How much did Flat 5, Old Lodge Lane last sell for?
Flat 5, Old Lodge Lane last sold for £251,000 on 16 Feb 2016, up 298% on its 20 Dec 1996 price of £63,000.
What is the estimated value of Flat 5, Old Lodge Lane?
An automated estimate puts Flat 5, Old Lodge Lane at £390,000, in a range of £315,000 to £465,000. 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 5, Old Lodge Lane?
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.