Laurel Bank, Starrock Lane, Chipstead CR5 3QD: sold prices, EPC rating and value estimate
A detached house of 229 m², rated EPC B. It last sold for £1,600,000 in Jan 2018. The Resi IQ estimate today is £1,438,000, an automated estimate and not a valuation.
Last sold for £1,600,000 in 2018; our estimate today is £1,438,000, down 10% (-1.2% a year), behind the 4.3% a year typical on Starrock Lane.
- What we found
- Last sold £1,600,000 in Jan 2018.
- Estimate today £1,438,000, higher than 75% of house sales on the street since 2019.
- 229 m² against a street median of 232.595 m²; estimated £6,279/m².
- EPC B; 25% of homes on the street are C or better.
- 900 m to Chipstead station (about 15 min walk).
Laurel Bank, Starrock Lane, Chipstead CR5 3QD: a detached
Laurel Bank, Starrock Lane is a detached house in Chipstead, Reigate and Banstead. It has an internal floor area of 229 m² according to its energy certificate, smaller than the typical 232.595 m² home on Starrock Lane. The postcode is CR5 3QD, in Chipstead, Kingswood & Woodmansterne ward and the Reigate constituency.
The sales record goes back to 2018, when the home changed hands for £1,600,000. Resi IQ's automated estimate of £1,438,000 implies a -10% change since the last sale, which would put the home at the 75th 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 B and was lodged 1 Aug 2017. Across Starrock Lane, 25% of rated homes reach band C or better. Chipstead station is 900 m from the home, and the quickest weekday journey to London Blackfriars is 65 minutes.
Laurel Bank, Starrock Lane value: estimated at £1,438,000, near the top of the street's price range
This home against every recorded sale on Starrock Lane.
Sale history
| 31 Jan 2018 | Detached house | £1,600,000 |
Estimate range
The shaded band is the model's estimate range (£1,151,000 to £1,726,000). The last recorded sale is shown for scale. Automated estimate, not a valuation.
Where Laurel Bank, Starrock Lane sits on the street
Every home on the street, with this one outlined.
Running costs, EPC upgrades and solar for Laurel Bank, Starrock Lane
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.
1008 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 Laurel Bank, Starrock Lane: size, age and energy rating
- Type
- Detached house
- Floor area
- 229 m² (street median 232.595 m²)
- EPC rating
- B
- Tenure when surveyed
- unknown
- UPRN
- 68176404
Who lives near Laurel Bank, Starrock Lane: 90% of homes are owner-occupied and 52% of workers work from home
Census 2021 for Reigate and Banstead 004C: 1,661 residents in 638 households around Laurel Bank, Starrock Lane. The figures describe a small neighbourhood, not any individual.
Who lives here
Age of residents
- Under 1515%
- 15 to 248%
- 25 to 4420%
- 45 to 6434%
- 65 and over23%
Household type
- One person17%
- Couple, no children22%
- Family with children28%
- Other32%
Homes and cars
Tenure
- Owned outright49%
- Mortgage or shared41%
- Private rented8%
- Social rented2%
Cars and vans per household
- No car3%
- 1 car26%
- 2 cars44%
- 3 or more26%
How people get to work
Main way of travelling (828 workers aged 16+)
Health and learning
General health
- Good or very good90%
- Fair8%
- Bad or very bad2%
Highest qualification (16+)
- Degree level or above49%
- A level or equivalent16%
- GCSE level21%
- None9%
Schools near Laurel Bank, Starrock Lane: 10 within 3.5 km, 8 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) | 540 m 9 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Chipstead Valley Primary School Academy converter · ages 2-11 | Primary | Outstanding Graded inspection, Jun 2024 | 1.8 km 29 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| St Aidan's Catholic Primary School Academy converter · ages 4-11 | Primary | Good Confirmed at ungraded visit, Sept 2024 | 2.2 km 36 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Smitham Primary School Community school · ages 3-11 | Primary | Good Confirmed at ungraded visit, Jun 2023 | 2.4 km 39 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Oasis Academy Byron Academy converter · ages 2-11 | Primary | Good Graded inspection, Sept 2023 | 2.8 km 46 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Coulsdon CofE Primary School Voluntary aided school · ages 4-11 | Primary | Requires improvement Graded inspection, Jun 2024 | 2.9 km 47 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Woodmansterne Primary School Academy converter · ages 2-11 | Primary | Good Confirmed at ungraded visit, Sept 2023 | 3.0 km 49 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Keston Primary School Academy converter · ages 3-11 | Primary | Good Confirmed at ungraded visit, Mar 2023 | 3.2 km 52 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| St Anne's Catholic Primary School Voluntary aided school · ages 4-11 | Primary | Good Confirmed at ungraded visit, Feb 2024 | 3.4 km 56 min walk | DfE · Ofsted report |
| Oasis Academy Coulsdon Academy sponsor led · ages 11-16 | Secondary | Good Confirmed at ungraded visit, May 2024 | 3.5 km 56 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 Laurel Bank, Starrock Lane: 65 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.
Laurel Bank, Starrock Lane to central London
| Blackfriars | 65 min | walk 38 min → train 27 min |
| Victoria | 68 min | walk 38 min → train 30 min |
Stations near Laurel Bank, Starrock Lane
| Chipstead | 900 m | about 15 min walk |
| Woodmansterne | 1920 m | about 31 min walk |
| Coulsdon South | 2220 m | about 36 min walk |
Walking times estimated from straight-line distance.
Bus routes near Laurel Bank, Starrock Lane
No mapped bus stops within 1 km of this postcode. Rural stops and routes can be missing from OpenStreetMap, so check the operator before relying on this.
Shops, doctors and services near Laurel Bank, Starrock Lane: 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 | 2.4 km | 7 |
| Pharmacy | Valley Pharmacy | 2.2 km | 11 |
| Dentist | mydentist | 2.7 km | 12 |
| Supermarket | Aldi | 2.9 km | 6 |
| Library | Coulsdon Library | 2.7 km | 5 |
| Post office | Station Parade Post Office | 1.1 km | 9 |
| Park or green space | Unnamed | 830 m | 38 |
| Hospital | Purley War Memorial Hospital | 5.6 km | 3 |
Electric vehicle charging near Laurel Bank, Starrock Lane
196 public charging devices in Reigate and Banstead (35 rapid, 50 kW or more), or 123 per 100,000 people. That ranks 189 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 | 2.6 km |
| BP Pulse | 6 bays | 2.9 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 Laurel Bank, Starrock Lane: MP and councillors
County councillors for Surrey are elected separately; see Surrey County Council.
Air quality and noise near Laurel Bank, Starrock Lane: NO₂ 9.2 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) | 9.2 | 10 | 40 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.9 | 5 | 20 |
| Coarse particles (PM10) | 11.1 | 15 | 40 |
µg/m³, annual mean.
- Height above sea level
- 159 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 Laurel Bank, Starrock Lane
Crime and policing near Laurel Bank, Starrock Lane
292 police reports in 12 months within about a mile of Laurel Bank, Starrock Lane
What was reported
Latest 6 months: 160, earlier 6 months: 132.
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 Laurel Bank, Starrock Lane
57 food businesses with a published rating within 500 m, 42 rated 5 (very good). Nearest: Chipstead Hardcourt Tennis Club (218 m, rated 5); The Chipstead Players (465 m, rated 5); The White Hart (474 m, rated 5); Serenity School Coulsdon (539 m, rated 4).
Planning designations around Laurel Bank, Starrock Lane
- Conservation area
- No
- Green belt
- No
- Listed building on plot
- No
- Air quality management area
- No
- Ward
- Chipstead, Kingswood & Woodmansterne
- Planning authority
- Reigate and Banstead LPA
The Reigate and Banstead market: average price £481,089, up 0.5% in a year
HM Land Registry UK House Price Index for Reigate and Banstead, 2026-06. A mix-adjusted average, so it can differ from the median sale price of one road.
| Type | Authority average |
|---|---|
| Detached | £919,360 |
| Semi-detached | £539,233 |
| Terraced | £428,529 |
| Flat or maisonette | £267,731 |
This street: houses sold for a median of £1,135,000 since 2019 against an authority-wide average of £481,089 across all home types, so a house here sells for 136% more than the authority average.
Photos of Laurel Bank, Starrock 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.
Council tax at Laurel Bank, Starrock Lane: Band D is £2,567 a year in Reigate and Banstead, up 4.4% on last year
Charge for 2026 to 2027, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.
The average Band D council tax in Reigate and Banstead is £2,567 for 2026 to 2027, £175 above the England average of £2,392. That ranks Reigate and Banstead 54th highest of 296 billing authorities, and the charge rose from £2,459 last year. Next door in Croydon, Band D is £2,600, £33 more than in Reigate and Banstead, 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 Reigate and Banstead, 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 | £1,711 | £143 |
| Band B | £1,996 | £166 |
| Band C | £2,281 | £190 |
| Band D | £2,567 | £214 |
| Band E | £3,137 | £261 |
| Band F | £3,707 | £309 |
| Band G | £4,278 | £356 |
| Band H | £5,133 | £428 |
You can check or challenge a home's band on the GOV.UK "Find your Council Tax band" service.
Laurel Bank, Starrock Lane, Chipstead: questions people ask
What is the EPC rating of Laurel Bank, Starrock Lane?
Laurel Bank, Starrock Lane has an EPC rating of band B, with a recorded internal floor area of 229 square metres. Certificates last ten years, so check the lodgement date before marketing the home.
How much did Laurel Bank, Starrock Lane last sell for?
Laurel Bank, Starrock Lane last sold for £1,600,000 on 31 Jan 2018.
What is the estimated value of Laurel Bank, Starrock Lane?
An automated estimate puts Laurel Bank, Starrock Lane at £1,438,000, in a range of £1,151,000 to £1,726,000. 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 Laurel Bank, Starrock 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 Reigate and Banstead is £2,567 for 2026 to 2027, against an England average of £2,392.
Answers use data checked monthly. Sources are named in each answer.