16 River Gardens, Purley On Thames, Reading, RG8 8BX

16 River Gardens is a three-bedroom detached house in Purley On Thames, Reading, Reading (RG8 8BX). It has a recorded floor area of 102 m² (around 1098 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (August 2021) returns a B (score 81), comfortably above the UK average. The property has solar panels on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. Other recorded features include notable views.

Today's modelled estimate of £697,000 is 10.6% below the 2022 sale of £780,000, a rare downward gap that often correlates with deferred maintenance or unfinished works. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£710/sq ft) was about 134% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 102 m² it's 27.1% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (140 m² median across 17 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 76% of similar EPCs). Sold June 2022 for £780,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.