253 Chipstead Valley Road, Coulsdon CR5 3BY

Semi-Detached house · Built 1930-1949 · 73 m² · Owner-occupied · Boiler and radiators, mains gas

Upgrade Plan

EB for £24,535 · £8,178 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Low energy lighting£35£94.0 yrs+0.4 pts
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£1995.0 yrs+9.2 pts
Heating controls£350 – £450£735.5 yrs+3.3 pts · reaches D
Band A condensing boiler£2,200 – £3,000£12221.2 yrs+5.6 pts
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£21541.8 yrs+9.9 pts · reaches C
Solar photovoltaic panels£9,000 – £14,000£18450+ yrs+8.5 pts · reaches B

Grants verified 20 August 2026. Costs are the register’s indicative ranges. Savings are restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. Points per measure are estimated from 19.9 million certificates and rescaled to this home’s own certificate delta; the total is the register’s figure.

Running costs

£1,786
per year at grade E
£983
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £803 a year — a 3.3% annual return on £24,535.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2013, states £1,078 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

31 August 2007£274,000
4 May 2007£250,000
1 March 2001£80,000

Estimated today: £495,734 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Chipstead Valley Road: 702 sales since 1995 · £380,154 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

The schools’ own performance — Progress 8 shows value added, not just raw results.

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Smitham Primary SchoolPrimary0.2 mi
St Aidan's Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary0.2 mi
Chipstead Valley Primary SchoolPrimary0.3 mi
Woodcote High SchoolSecondary1.1 miProgress 8 -0.07 · average (2023/24)
The John Fisher SchoolSecondary2.0 miProgress 8 +0.28 · above average (2023/24)
Oasis Academy CoulsdonSecondary2.1 miProgress 8 -0.15 · average (2023/24)

Schools from the DfE register, performance from the KS4 performance tables. Progress 8 is a GCSE measure, so primaries have none. Distance is straight-line from the postcode, not a catchment: admission is decided by the school, not by us.

Area context

Police-recorded crime for the wider neighbourhood, not this address. We grade homes, never neighbourhoods — so this is reported as a count, not a rating.

8.8
crimes a month
88
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 27% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01001026, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Chipstead Valley Road

How this home sits against its street.

368
graded homes
64.3
average score
D
most common grade
-20.3
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.