Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
1 Nursery Gardens is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Purley On Thames, Reading, Reading (RG8 8AS). It has a recorded floor area of 148 m² (around 1593 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (April 2015) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from April 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe.
Untraded for 22 years, with the last transfer in September 2004. Today's modelled estimate of £470,000 sits 88% above the 2004 sale of £250,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£157/sq ft) was about 37.4% below the postcode norm. 6 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include tree works and an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 76% of similar EPCs). 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count.
1 Nursery Gardens's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 26 Apr 2025
Certificate validity
Expired on 26 April 2025
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Multiple extension applications run across more than a decade of planning history at 1 Nursery Gardens.
6 applications on record at 1 Nursery Gardens, Purley On Thames, Reading, RG8 8AS
Extension: Part single, part two storey
Single storey extension at front and two storey at side. (Ground floor accommodation for elderly relatives).
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£470,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£250,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
28 September 2004Most recent
£250,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in RG8 8AS: £550,000 (2025–2024).
8 Nursery Gardens, Purley On Thames, Reading, RG8 8AS
Sold Aug 2025
5 Nursery Gardens, Purley On Thames, Reading, RG8 8AS
Sold Jul 2025
13 Nursery Gardens, Purley On Thames, Reading, RG8 8AS
Sold Jul 2024
Copperfields, Nursery Gardens, Purley On Thames, Reading, RG8 8AS
Sold Jul 2024
23 Nursery Gardens, Purley On Thames, Reading, RG8 8AS
Sold Apr 2024
Price per m² for 1 Nursery Gardens lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£1,689
Street avg £3,291
Floor Area
148 m²
Street avg 156 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
8.9 t/year
Street avg 6.2 t/year
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Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
52/mo
Falling year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Sherwood Rise — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Purley CofE Primary School. 12 schools nearby.
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Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.2dB