Estimated value today£822klast sold £765,000, 2024 · likely £750k–£894k
Energy ratingD2020 certificate, could be B
Energy bills, a year£1,696about £141 a month at 2026 prices
Price per m²£6,423/m²neighbourhood typical £5,357/m²
See 31, Howden Road from the street and the air
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What would improve this home
Its 2020 energy certificate recommends 4 measures, which together could take it from D to B. All of them together typically cost £10.2k–£23.2k.
Solid wall insulation (internal or external)typically £4k–£14k
Floor insulationtypically £1.2k–£1.2k
Low energy lightingtypically £40–£40
Solar panels (electricity)typically £5k–£8k
In the order the certificate lists them (usually cheapest and most effective first). Costs are the median of the ranges quoted on certificates across England and Wales, not quotes for this home. Grants may help: check the government's home energy grants service.
What's it worth with your changes?
Sale records can't see extensions, conversions or condition. Tell us what's changed since 2024 and we'll adjust the estimate, with a range that shows how sure we can be.
Low£765k
Likely£822k
High£880k
Starting value (our estimate)£822k
Range includes ±7% for the estimate itself. Effects are typical ranges, not this home's: a surveyor or local agent who sees it will do better. Work done before 2024 is already in the price. Evidence: of 573,662 homes we saw extended on their energy certificates (median +30 m²), the 123,110 that sold before and after grew a median 10.9% more than their neighbourhood: about a third of the extra space at the home's average price per m².
The home
Type
Semi-detached
Tenure
Freehold
Floor area
128 m² (1,378 sq ft), 5 habitable rooms
Built
1930-1949
Main heating fuel
gas
Sales since 1995
£640k (2021) → £765k (2024)
The estimate moves the last sale in line with the neighbourhood's like-for-like price index. It can't see extensions, condition or the market for this particular home: it is not a valuation.
A £1,733B £2,022C £2,311D £2,600E £3,178F £3,755G £4,333H £5,200
From the 2020 energy certificate, rescaled to 2026 gas and electricity prices (approximate national averages). Appliances, cooking and standing charges are not included; actual bills depend on how you live.
Getting about
Nearest station
Norwood Junction, 0.7 km (busiest route: London Bridge)
Central London
12 km as the crow flies
Large employment centre
25 min by public transport · 13 by car
Town centre
8 min by public transport or walking
Commuting by train/Tube
17% of local workers · 42% mostly work from home
Airport
London City, 15 km
Everyday life
Weekly shop
food store about 6 min without a car
GP surgery
about 7 min
A&E
Croydon University Hospital, 2.5 km (CQC: Requires improvement)
Top-rated primaries
Stewart Fleming Primary School (1.5 km), St James the Great RC Primary and Nursery School (1.8 km)
Top-rated secondaries
Harris Invictus Academy Croydon (3 km), Harris Girls Academy Bromley (3 km), Kingsdale Foundation School (3.4 km)
Eating out
20 restaurants and cafés, 2 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood
School distances are straight lines; admissions depend on each school's catchment and criteria.
£1,858 a month for a 3-bedroom home in Croydon (2026-08)
Gross yield
2.7% on the estimated value
Letting rules
rated D: meets the current E minimum
Council-wide average rents (ONS Price Index of Private Rents); bedrooms estimated from the certificate's habitable rooms. Before costs, voids, tax and mortgage interest.
Planning and development
Conservation area
not in one (postcode check)
Article 4 direction
none recorded
Brownfield sites in the neighbourhood
4 sites, about 33 homes planned
This home extended?
no extension seen on its energy certificates
Extensions on the street
3 other homes on Howden Road (within 250 m) extended, most recently 2026
Company landlords
6.9% of homes in the neighbourhood are owned by companies (HM Land Registry, Oct 2026)
New homes completed 2021–2025
13 in the neighbourhood
Questions to raise
Generated from the facts above, as prompts for your solicitor, surveyor or the agent. Not legal advice.
For every purchaseCommission a survey suited to the home's age and condition, check the title plan matches what you see on the ground (boundaries, access, parking), and ask about disputes with neighbours, rights of way and shared drives.