25 Colyton Way, Purley On Thames, Reading, RG8 8BL

25 Colyton Way is a three-bedroom detached house in Purley On Thames, Reading, Reading (RG8 8BL). It has a recorded floor area of 82 m² (around 883 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (September 2024) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in December 2008 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Average, hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.

At 82 m² it sits well below the postcode median (147 m² across 20 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Across 2005–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £438,000 is 27% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£391/sq ft) was about 63.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 3 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Last sale on file: £345,000 in August 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.