10 Chestnut Grove, Purley On Thames, Reading, RG8 8BU
About 10 Chestnut Grove
10 Chestnut Grove is a four-bedroom detached house in Purley On Thames, Reading, Reading (RG8 8BU). It has a recorded floor area of 178 m² (around 1916 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (April 2022) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 79). Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.
2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 178 m² it's 22.9% larger than the typical home in the postcode (145 m² median across 12 EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £723,000 is 14.8% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£329/sq ft) was about 70.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £630,000 in August 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms2
- Dining roomYes
- Utility roomYes
- CloakroomYes
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- GarageIntegral
Building
- Previously extendedYes
Energy performance
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Nov 2012ConditionsIn report
Application for approval of details reserved by condition 4 - Flood water and condition 5 - Sustainable drainage of approved application 12/01720/HOUSE- Garage extension and alterations to form study.
- Documents
- 4 docs on file
- Reference
- 12/02396/COND1
- Sept 2012ExtensionFullIn report
Garage extension and alterations to form study.
- Documents
- 11 docs on file
- Reference
- 12/01720/HOUSE
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 10 Chestnut Grove was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£723,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£630,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
10 August 2022Most recent
£630,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in RG8 8BU: £440,000 (2024–2015).
Nearby sales in RG8 8BU
14 Chestnut Grove, Purley On Thames, Reading, RG8 8BU
Sold Oct 2024
£622,5003 Chestnut Grove, Purley On Thames, Reading, RG8 8BU
Sold Jun 2021
£428,0002 Chestnut Grove, Purley On Thames, Reading, RG8 8BU
Sold Jun 2019
£440,0008 Chestnut Grove, Purley On Thames, Reading, RG8 8BU
Sold Apr 2015
£400,0004 Chestnut Grove, Purley On Thames, Reading, RG8 8BU
Sold Mar 2015
£332,500
Versus other Chestnut Grove homes
On price per m², 10 Chestnut Grove stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£3,539
Street avg £2,567
Floor Area
178 m²
Street avg 151 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.7 t/year
Street avg 5.8 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
Chestnut Grove — bus stop.
Closest school
0.7 km
Purley CofE Primary School. 13 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.9dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.4dB








