20, Essenden Road
20, Essenden Road
Description & Estimates
20, Essenden Road, South Croydon is recorded publicly as an early-century freehold house across 1,948 ft2 of internal area, sitting on a 1,049 m2 plot.
Locally, houses of this size normally have 5 bedrooms with a garden.
Our estimate of the sale value of 20, Essenden Road, South Croydon is £865,081 and its rental estimate is £2,695 per month, given the available information and assuming reasonable condition.
Essenden Road, South Croydon, CR2 falls within the CR2 postal district, in the borough of Croydon.
Our Data Sources
20, Essenden Road, South Croydon has a single entry in the Land Registry from July 2019 and a single entry in the EPC database dated April 2019.
We combine this information with that of neighbouring properties to estimate the property attributes and values.
The local information is scored as 3 out of 5 and is considered of medium accuracy.
Price Range & Condition
The condition of a property plays an important role in determining its value, with the degree of impact varying by property type, size and location.
For 20, Essenden Road, South Croydon, we estimate a market value of £908,335 and a rental value of £2,829 per month when presented in very good decorative order. Should the property require extensive cosmetic improvement, those figures would reduce to £804,525 and £2,506 per month respectively.
Recent Market Change
Over the last year, 20, Essenden Road, South Croydon has seen its estimated sale value decline by £32,842 (3.8%) and its estimated rental value climb by £80 per month (3.0%). This results in an estimated gross rental yield of 3.7%.
Plot Size
HM Land Registry records the plot of land for 20, Essenden Road, South Croydon as measuring 1,049 m2.
That makes it the 8th largest plot in the postcode, where all 16 other houses have recorded plot data.
Energy Efficiency
20, Essenden Road, South Croydon has an Energy Performance Rating (EPC) of D. This is based on the most recent assessment, dated 01 Apr 2019.
The property is connected to mains gas and has fully double glazed windows. It is heated using Boiler and radiators, mains gas.
Sold Prices
The most recent sale of 20, Essenden Road, South Croydon completed on 29th July 2019 at £785,000 and was recorded by HM Land Registry as a freehold house.
Since 1995 this is the property's only sale.
Values of comparable properties have dropped by 0.4% over the period since July 2019.
- Sold Jul 2019£785,000
Similar Properties Sold Nearby
Over the past 2 years 3 properties similar to 20, Essenden Road, South Croydon have sold within a radius of 590 metres, per the Land Registry and our network of Estate Agents.
The latest, on the 14th August 2025, was 2, Rockhampton Road, South Croydon, CR2 7AQ, a freehold house which sold for £675,000.
Read more about house prices in CR2.
•Nearby is defined as the radius comprising the nearest 2,000 addresses.
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Location Comparison
Of the 53 addresses on Essenden Road, South Croydon, CR2, 20, Essenden Road, South Croydon comes out as the 15th largest and the 15th most expensive in our analysis of the public data.
It is also £387k more expensive than the average property across the CR2 district.
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Schools Nearby
- 500mPurley Oaks Primary School
- 600mSt Peter's Primary School
- 800mRidgeway Primary School
- 1.3kmHarris Academy Purley
- 1.6kmCoombe Wood School
- 2.0kmArchbishop Tenison's CofE High School
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Public Transport Nearby
From 20, Essenden Road, South Croydon, the nearest station is Sanderstead, 500 metres away.
- 500mSanderstead
- 800mPurley Oaks
- 1.3kmSouth Croydon
Available Internet Speeds
Broadband here reaches superfast speeds, based on recent Ofcom data.
According to recent data from Ofcom, Superfast broadband is available in the area.
Risk of Flooding
The flood risk here is rated very low, based on Environment Agency data.
