10 Nursery Gardens, Purley On Thames, Reading, RG8 8AS
About 10 Nursery Gardens
10 Nursery Gardens is a four-bedroom detached house in Purley On Thames, Reading, Reading (RG8 8AS). It has a recorded floor area of 146 m² (around 1572 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (April 2021) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. When first surveyed in May 2010 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Good to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average and hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good. The property has solar panels on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal.
2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and a garage conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 71% of similar EPCs). Across 1996–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £616,000 is 16% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£338/sq ft) was about 36.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: October 2021 at £531,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms1
Outside
- Private gardenSouth-facing
- GarageYes
Building
- Solar panelsYes
Energy performance
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Hot water efficiency decreased
More low energy lighting installed
Planning history
- Aug 2019ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Side and rear of property
Proposed single storey pitched roof front side and rear extensions, new pitched roof dormers at front.
- Documents
- 17 docs on file
- Reference
- 19/01036/HOUSE
- May 2014Garage ConversionFullIn report
Extension: Part single, part two storey · Side and rear of property
Proposed two storey pitched roof front, single storey pitched roof rear and side extensions, conversion of garage to a habital room plus additional parking to the front of the house.
Extension- Documents
- 14 docs on file
- Reference
- 14/00656/HOUSE
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Sales history & valuation
10 Nursery Gardens has more than tripled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1996.
£616,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.6% per year over 25 years.
£531,000
Growth on file: 5.6% per year over 25 years.
Sales timeline
21 October 2021Most recent
£531,000
+47.5%over 10 years13 July 2011
£360,000
+170.7%over 15 years29 May 1996
£133,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in RG8 8AS: £550,000 (2024–2018).
Nearby sales in RG8 8AS
13 Nursery Gardens, Purley On Thames, Reading, RG8 8AS
Sold Jul 2024
£500,001Copperfields, Nursery Gardens, Purley On Thames, Reading, RG8 8AS
Sold Jul 2024
£625,00023 Nursery Gardens, Purley On Thames, Reading, RG8 8AS
Sold Apr 2024
£550,00015 Nursery Gardens, Purley On Thames, Reading, RG8 8AS
Sold Sept 2021
£550,0006 Nursery Gardens, Purley On Thames, Reading, RG8 8AS
Sold Apr 2018
£495,000
Versus other Nursery Gardens homes
10 Nursery Gardens is notably below the street on habitable rooms.
Price per m²
£3,637
Street avg £3,064
Floor Area
146 m²
Street avg 154 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.1 t/year
Street avg 6.4 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady 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.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
46.2dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.2dB








