3 Hazel Road, Purley On Thames, Reading, RG8 8BB
About 3 Hazel Road
3 Hazel Road is a detached house in Purley On Thames, Reading, Reading (RG8 8BB). It has a recorded floor area of 85 m² (around 915 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1967-1975. The latest certificate (May 2017) shows an F (score 30), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 64), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
At 85 m² it sits well below the postcode median (152 m² across 10 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £449,000 is 33.2% above the 2017 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£368/sq ft) was about 57.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On the market in July 2017 and unlisted since — roughly 9 years.
Energy performance
3 Hazel Road sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Planning history
3 Hazel Road has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
6applications of note in the surrounding area
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
£449,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£337,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
13 July 2017Most recent
£337,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in RG8 8BB: £662,500 (2024–2022).
Nearby sales in RG8 8BB
20 Hazel Road, Purley On Thames, Reading, RG8 8BB
Sold Aug 2024
£800,00038 Hazel Road, Purley On Thames, Reading, RG8 8BB
Sold Jul 2024
£525,00030 Hazel Road, Purley On Thames, Reading, RG8 8BB
Sold Jun 2024
£615,00036 Hazel Road, Purley On Thames, Reading, RG8 8BB
Sold Mar 2023
£662,50010 Hazel Road, Purley On Thames, Reading, RG8 8BB
Sold Sept 2022
£695,000
Versus other Hazel Road homes
3 Hazel Road is notably below the street on epc rating.
Price per m²
£3,965
Street avg £3,431
Floor Area
85 m²
Street avg 150 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
11.0 t/year
Street avg 5.2 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
Footpath to Highfield Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
Long Lane Primary School. 15 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.8dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.6dB








