18 Mapledurham Drive, Purley On Thames, Reading, RG8 8BD
About 18 Mapledurham Drive
18 Mapledurham Drive is a four-bedroom detached house in Purley On Thames, Reading, Reading (RG8 8BD). It has a recorded floor area of 207 m² (around 2228 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2003-2006 and council tax band F. The property has underfloor heating on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. Period features are noted in the property record. The latest certificate (January 2021) shows a C (score 77), near the top of the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 95), a 2-band jump.
At 207 m² the property is well over the postcode median (145 m² across 12 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 2008–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £923,000 is 15.4% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£359/sq ft) was about 41.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: September 2022 at £800,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms3
- Dining roomYes
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- GarageDouble, Detached
Building
- Underfloor heatingYes
- Period featuresYes
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Planning history
18 Mapledurham Drive has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
6applications of note in the surrounding area
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 18 Mapledurham Drive was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£923,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 3.4% per year over 14 years.
£800,000
Growth on file: 3.4% per year over 14 years.
Sales timeline
7 September 2022Most recent
£800,000
+37.9%over 8 years13 March 2014
£580,000
+16.2%over 5 years29 September 2008
£499,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in RG8 8BD: £488,000 (2025–2020).
Nearby sales in RG8 8BD
20 Mapledurham Drive, Purley On Thames, Reading, RG8 8BD
Sold Feb 2025
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Sold Sept 2022
£760,0009 Mapledurham Drive, Purley On Thames, Reading, RG8 8BD
Sold Oct 2021
£353,50010 Mapledurham Drive, Purley On Thames, Reading, RG8 8BD
Sold Mar 2021
£488,0003 Mapledurham Drive, Purley On Thames, Reading, RG8 8BD
Sold Sept 2020
£570,000
Versus other Mapledurham Drive homes
On floor area, 18 Mapledurham Drive stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£3,865
Street avg £3,227
Floor Area
207 m²
Street avg 147 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.3 t/year
Street avg 4.0 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
Colyton Way — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Purley CofE Primary School. 11 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
44.6dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.9dB








