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42, The Drive, Thornton Heath is recorded publicly as a period freehold house across 592 ft2 of internal area, sitting on a 84.6 m2 plot.
Locally, houses of this size normally have 2 bedrooms with a garden.
Our estimate of the sale value of 42, The Drive, Thornton Heath is £317,076 and its rental estimate is £1,672 per month, given the available information and assuming reasonable condition.
The Drive, Thornton Heath, CR7 falls within the CR7 postal district, in the borough of Croydon.
42, The Drive, Thornton Heath has 21 entries in the Land Registry , most recently in December 2024 and a single entry in the EPC database dated September 2017.
We combine this information with that of neighbouring properties to estimate the property attributes and values.
The local information is scored as 5 out of 5 and is considered of high accuracy.
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 42, The Drive, Thornton Heath, we estimate a market value of £332,930 and a rental value of £1,756 per month when presented in very good decorative order. Should the property require extensive cosmetic improvement, those figures would reduce to £294,881 and £1,555 per month respectively.
Over the last year, 42, The Drive, Thornton Heath has seen its estimated sale value drop by £2,279 (0.7%) and its estimated rental value rise by £57 per month (3.4%). This results in an estimated gross rental yield of 6.3%.
HM Land Registry records the plot of land for 42, The Drive, Thornton Heath as measuring 85 m2.
That makes it the 14th largest plot in the postcode, where 15 of the 21 other houses have recorded plot data.
42, The Drive, Thornton Heath has an Energy Performance Rating (EPC) of D. This is based on the most recent assessment, dated 29 Sep 2017.
The property is connected to mains gas and has fully double glazed windows. It is heated using Boiler and radiators, mains gas.
The most recent sale of 42, The Drive, Thornton Heath completed on 6th December 2024 at £350,000 and was recorded by HM Land Registry as a freehold house.
Since 1995 the property has sold twice.
Values of comparable properties have dropped by 2.0% over the period since December 2024.
Over the past 2 years 3 properties similar to 42, The Drive, Thornton Heath have sold within a radius of 350 metres, per the Land Registry and our network of Estate Agents.
The latest, on the 20th January 2026, was 36, The Drive, Thornton Heath, CR7 8LA, a freehold house which sold for £353,250.
Read more about house prices in CR7.
•Nearby is defined as the radius comprising the nearest 2,000 addresses.
Of the 74 addresses on The Drive, Thornton Heath, CR7, 42, The Drive, Thornton Heath comes out as the 65th largest and the 60th most expensive in our analysis of the public data.
It is also £64k less expensive than the average property across the CR7 district.
From 42, The Drive, Thornton Heath, the nearest station is Thornton Heath, 500 metres away.
Broadband here reaches superfast speeds, based on recent Ofcom data.
According to recent data from Ofcom, Superfast broadband is available in the area.
The flood risk here is rated very low, based on Environment Agency data.
The recent census recorded whether a resident owned or rented their home.
In the area around 42, The Drive, Thornton Heath, 30.4% of property is privately rented and 28.6% is socially rented.
The graph below shows how this compares to Greater London and the rest of England & Wales.
The recent census recorded the highest level of education achieved by residents in the local area.
In the area around 42, The Drive, Thornton Heath, 25.7% of residents are recorded as possessing school level qualifications and 39.3% as possessing degree level qualifications.
The graph below shows how this compares to Greater London and the rest of England & Wales.
The most recent census in 2021 recorded the age of all UK residents.
In the area around 42, The Drive, Thornton Heath, the average age was 37.6 and the most common age was 52.
The graph below shows how this compares to Greater London and the rest of England & Wales
The recent census recorded whether a property was a primary or secondary home for the resident.
In the area around 42, The Drive, Thornton Heath, 0.2% of property was a second home.
Comparison figures for Greater London and the rest of England & Wales are listed below.
The recent census recorded the number of cars registered in each household.
In the area around 42, The Drive, Thornton Heath, there are an average of 0.7 cars per household.
See below for how this compares to Greater London and the rest of England & Wales.