Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
5 Bryant Place is a three-bedroom mid-terrace house in Purley On Thames, Reading, Reading (RG8 8ET). It has a recorded floor area of 88 m² (around 947 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (June 2018) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 2-band jump.
At 88 m² the property is well over the postcode median (55 m² across 8 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 1995–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.8% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£443/sq ft) was about 43.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: October 2022 at £420,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
Certificate validity
Valid until 11 June 2028
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5 Bryant Place has no planning applications on record.
But the area is active
6 notable applications nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
Latest sale on 5 Bryant Place was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£432,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.8% per year over 27 years.
£420,000
Growth on file: 5.8% per year over 27 years.
23 October 2022Most recent
£420,000
+29.2%over 3 years14 December 2018
£325,000
+265.2%over 23 years25 May 1995
£89,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in RG8 8ET: £295,000 (2022–2019).
2 Bryant Place, Purley On Thames, Reading, RG8 8ET
Sold Mar 2022
4 Bryant Place, Purley On Thames, Reading, RG8 8ET
Sold Aug 2021
8 Bryant Place, Purley On Thames, Reading, RG8 8ET
Sold Feb 2021
1 Bryant Place, Purley On Thames, Reading, RG8 8ET
Sold Jun 2019
6 Bryant Place, Purley On Thames, Reading, RG8 8ET
Sold Jul 2015
Years Held for 5 Bryant Place lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,773
Street avg £4,613
Floor Area
88 m²
Street avg 58 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.1 t/year
Street avg 2.5 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
Sherwood Rise — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Long Lane Primary School. 14 schools nearby.
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