Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
28 Brading Way is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Purley On Thames, Reading, Reading (RG8 8BS). It has a recorded floor area of 102 m² (around 1098 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (September 2021) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 78).
One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2008. Past consents include an extension and a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£419/sq ft) was about 116.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 102 m² it's 22.4% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (132 m² median across 18 EPCs). Most recent transfer: June 2022 at £460,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Certificate validity
Valid until 12 September 2031
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The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£479,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£460,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
5 June 2022Most recent
£460,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in RG8 8BS: £335,000 (2026–2021).
1 Brading Way, Purley On Thames, Reading, RG8 8BS
Sold Apr 2026
2 Brading Way, Purley On Thames, Reading, RG8 8BS
Sold Jul 2025
8 Brading Way, Purley On Thames, Reading, RG8 8BS
Sold Mar 2025
11 Brading Way, Purley On Thames, Reading, RG8 8BS
Sold Jan 2022
34 Brading Way, Purley On Thames, Reading, RG8 8BS
Sold Mar 2021
On habitable rooms, 28 Brading Way stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£4,510
Street avg £3,349
Floor Area
102 m²
Street avg 124 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.1 t/year
Street avg 4.7 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
0.6 km
Purley CofE Primary School. 11 schools nearby.
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