Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
3 Sherwood Place is a four-bedroom detached house in Purley On Thames, Reading, Reading (RG8 8RZ). It has a recorded floor area of 123 m² (around 1324 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (March 2015) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from March 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a conservatory. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.
At 123 m² it's 15.2% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (145 m² median across 10 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 4 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2007–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £758,000 is 18.4% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£483/sq ft) was about 42.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £640,000 in February 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
3 Sherwood Place sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 31 Mar 2025
Certificate validity
Expired on 31 March 2025
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Planning history at 3 Sherwood Place is exclusively tree-management applications — typical for a property with mature trees on or near the plot.
4 applications on record at 3 Sherwood Place, Purley On Thames, Reading, RG8 8RZ
T1 and T2 - Crown lift 2m away from conservatory and play equipment. T3 - Tip reduction of low hanging branches.
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The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£758,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 3.0% per year over 14 years.
£640,000
Growth on file: 3.0% per year over 14 years.
8 February 2021Most recent
£640,000
+52.4%over 14 years25 January 2007
£419,950
Median price across the last 5 sales in RG8 8RZ: £650,000 (2025–2020).
6 Sherwood Place, Purley On Thames, Reading, RG8 8RZ
Sold Jun 2025
14 Sherwood Place, Purley On Thames, Reading, RG8 8RZ
Sold Nov 2021
9 Sherwood Place, Purley On Thames, Reading, RG8 8RZ
Sold Jun 2021
8 Sherwood Place, Purley On Thames, Reading, RG8 8RZ
Sold Feb 2021
4 Sherwood Place, Purley On Thames, Reading, RG8 8RZ
Sold Dec 2020
On price per m², 3 Sherwood Place stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£5,203
Street avg £4,634
Floor Area
123 m²
Street avg 141 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 8 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
8.0 t/year
Street avg 5.7 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
Highfield Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.1 km
Long Lane Primary School. 14 schools nearby.
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