Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
4 Colyton Way is a two-bedroom detached house in Purley On Thames, Reading, Reading (RG8 8BL). It has a recorded floor area of 54 m² (around 581 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (August 2012) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 88), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from August 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 54 m² it sits well below the postcode median (147 m² across 20 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Last sold in February 2016, so it's been off the market for around 11 years. Across the public record there are 6 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 1996–2016, sale prices on this property compounded at 11.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £328,000 is 28.7% above the 2016 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£439/sq ft) was about 94.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 17 Aug 2022
Certificate validity
Expired on 17 August 2022
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4 Colyton Way has no planning applications on record.
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4 Colyton Way has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1996.
£328,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 11.7% per year over 19 years.
£254,950
Growth on file: 11.7% per year over 19 years.
1 February 2016Most recent
£254,950
+34.2%over 2 years20 October 2013
£190,000
+11.8%over 6 years23 March 2007
£170,000
+16.0%over 4 years3 October 2002
£146,500
+17.2%over 1 year1 April 2001
£124,950
+316.5%over 4 years20 October 1996
£30,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in RG8 8BL: £440,000 (2025–2020).
25 Colyton Way, Purley On Thames, Reading, RG8 8BL
Sold Jul 2025
20 Colyton Way, Purley On Thames, Reading, RG8 8BL
Sold Jan 2024
5 Colyton Way, Purley On Thames, Reading, RG8 8BL
Sold Mar 2021
16 Colyton Way, Purley On Thames, Reading, RG8 8BL
Sold Sept 2020
6 Colyton Way, Purley On Thames, Reading, RG8 8BL
Sold Dec 2019
Floor Area for 4 Colyton Way lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,721
Street avg £2,876
Floor Area
54 m²
Street avg 129 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
2.7 t/year
Street avg 6.1 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
Brading Way — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Purley CofE Primary School. 11 schools nearby.
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