35 Brighton Road, Purley CR8 2LR: sold prices, EPC rating and value estimate
A semi-detached house of 77 m², rated EPC D. It last sold for £240,000 in May 2006. The Resi IQ estimate today is £404,000, an automated estimate and not a valuation.
Last sold for £240,000 in 2006; our estimate today is £404,000, up 68% (2.6% a year), behind the 5.9% a year typical on Brighton Road, Purley.
What we found
Last sold £240,000 in May 2006.
Estimate today £404,000, higher than 67% of house sales on the street since 2019.
77 m² against a street median of 65 m²; estimated £5,247/m².
EPC D; 62% of homes on the street are C or better.
410 m to Reedham station (about 7 min walk).
35 Brighton Road
35 Brighton Road
£240,000
sold 12 May 2006
35 Brighton Road, Purley CR8 2LR: a semi-detached
35 Brighton Road is a semi-detached house in Purley, London Borough of Croydon. It has an internal floor area of 77 m² and 5 habitable rooms according to its energy certificate, larger than the typical 65 m² home on Brighton Road, Purley. The postcode is CR8 2LR, in Purley & Woodcote ward and the Croydon South constituency.
The sales record goes back to 2006, when the home changed hands for £240,000. Resi IQ's automated estimate of £404,000 implies a 68% change since the last sale, which would put the home at the 67th percentile of recent house sales on the street. Treat it as a figure to test against comparable sales rather than a price.
The energy certificate rates the home EPC band D and was lodged 22 Jul 2020. Across Brighton Road, Purley, 62% of rated homes reach band C or better. Reedham station is 410 m from the home, and the quickest weekday journey to London Victoria is 37 minutes.
House saleFlat saleYearly medianThis homeEstimate today
Sale history
12 May 2006
Semi-detached house
£240,000
Estimate range
Last sale £240k
Estimate £404k
The shaded band is the model's estimate range (£326,000 to £481,000). The last recorded sale is shown for scale. Automated estimate, not a valuation.
35 Brighton Road against the rest of Brighton Road, Purley
Each sale of this home next to the typical sale on the road in the same year.
Year
This home
Road median that year
Difference
2006
£240,000
£170,000
+41%
Now (estimate)
£404,000
£308,000
+31%
The road median uses every recorded sale on Brighton Road, Purley in that year (at least three), and today's median is the road's median estimated value.
Where 35 Brighton Road sits on the street
Every home on the street, with this one outlined.
up to £2,600£2,600–£3,100£3,100–£4,000£4,000–£4,400over £4,400flat or no sale
Running costs, EPC upgrades and solar for 35 Brighton Road
What it would take to reach EPC C, and what solar could do for this roof.
Typical routes to EPC C
This home is rated EPC D. These are the measures that usually close the gap for a typical home.
Improvement
Typical cost
Saves a year
Loft insulation to 270 mm
£900–£1,500
£110–£170
Cavity wall insulation
£1,500–£3,500
£190–£300
Low-energy lighting throughout
£100–£250
£30–£60
Air-source heat pump
£7,000–£13,000
£0–£250
Solar panels (4 kWp)
£5,000–£7,000
£300–£600
Indicative UK ranges from Energy Saving Trust guidance; get quotes before you commit. The certificate for this address lists its own recommended measures on the government EPC register.
£10,200
Effective rate 2.5% on £404,000
Residential rates in England from April 2025. Check gov.uk before relying on this.
£1,909 a month
Borrowing £343,400 · deposit £60,600 · total interest £229,219
Repayment mortgage, illustrative. The rate is an example; check a lender’s current rate before relying on it.
4,002 kWh a year
Saves about £840 a year (surplus exported at 15p). Cost £6,000, payback 7.1 years.
1000 kWh per kWp a year from PVGIS at this location (35° pitch, south-facing, 14% losses). Costs and prices are typical assumptions you can edit.
The building at 35 Brighton Road: size, age and energy rating
Type
Semi-detached house
Floor area
77 m² (street median 65 m²)
Habitable rooms
5
EPC rating
D
UPRN
100020663631
Similar homes that sold near 35 Brighton Road
Semi-detached homes on the street within 12 m² of this one, sold since 2019.
Address
Size
EPC
Sold
Price
£/m²
37 Brighton Road
87 m²
D
19 Jan 2024
£475,000
£5,460
Who lives near 35 Brighton Road: 65% of homes are owner-occupied and 49% of workers work from home
Census 2021 for Croydon 037A: 1,437 residents in 582 households around 35 Brighton Road. The figures describe a small neighbourhood, not any individual.
65%own their home10 pts below the CR8 average
18%of residents under 15In line with the CR8 average
16%of residents aged 65+2 pts below the CR8 average
49%work from homeIn line with the CR8 average
48%degree-level qualified1 pts above the CR8 average
26%homes with no car10 pts above the CR8 average
Who lives here
Age of residents
Under 1518%
15 to 2410%
25 to 4430%
45 to 6426%
65 and over16%
Household type
One person30%
Couple, no children15%
Family with children32%
Other23%
Homes and cars
Tenure
Owned outright28%
Mortgage or shared37%
Private rented27%
Social rented7%
Cars and vans per household
No car26%
1 car47%
2 cars23%
3 or more4%
How people get to work
Main way of travelling (713 workers aged 16+)
Work from home49%
Drive or passenger24%
Train, tube or tram14%
Bus8%
Walk or cycle4%
Health and learning
General health
Good or very good86%
Fair10%
Bad or very bad4%
Highest qualification (16+)
Degree level or above48%
A level or equivalent14%
GCSE level19%
None12%
Schools near 35 Brighton Road: 15 within 1.8 km, 5 primary, with their latest Ofsted grades
Distances from the Department for Education register, with the latest Ofsted outcome for each school.
School
Phase
Latest Ofsted
Distance
Records
St David's School Other independent school · ages 3-11
Other
No Ofsted grade on file (independent, special or new school)
Ofsted replaced its single-word judgements with report cards for inspections from November 2025, so each school shows its most recent grade on the older scale until it is re-inspected. Distances are straight-line and are not catchment areas; check the council for admissions rules.
Commuting from 35 Brighton Road: 37 minutes to Victoria by train
Fastest door-to-door journey arriving by 08:30 on a weekday, from the TfL journey planner, including the walk to the station.
35 Brighton Road to central London
Victoria
37 min
walk 12 min → train 25 min
Blackfriars
40 min
walk 12 min → train 28 min
Stations near 35 Brighton Road
Reedham
410 m
about 7 min walk
Purley
590 m
about 10 min walk
Riddlesdown
1480 m
about 24 min walk
Walking times estimated from straight-line distance.
Bus routes near 35 Brighton Road
11 bus stops within 450 m, served by routes 12716628931240540741243443946660612N68. Nearest stop: Grovelands Road, 114 m away.
Shops, doctors and services near 35 Brighton Road: supermarket, GP, pharmacy, library, and 6 EV charging sites within 6 km
Nearest of each kind, from OpenStreetMap, measured in a straight line from the postcode.
Service
Nearest
Distance
Within 2 km
GP surgery
Woodcote Medical
780 m
12
Pharmacy
Tesco Instore Pharmacy
320 m
19
Dentist
Confidental Clinic
330 m
17
Supermarket
Tesco Extra
360 m
6
Library
Purley Library
530 m
7
Post office
Purley Post Office
600 m
9
Park or green space
The Glade
600 m
28
Hospital
Purley War Memorial Hospital
780 m
1
Electric vehicle charging near 35 Brighton Road
627 public charging devices in Croydon (140 rapid, 50 kW or more), or 153 per 100,000 people. That ranks 129 of 318 local authorities in Great Britain (median 137), as at 1 July 2026.
6 mapped sites within 6 km, nearest first
Public charge point
340 m
Public charge point
710 m
Public charge point
720 m
ESB Energy
3 bays
1.2 km
ESB Energy
3 bays
1.7 km
Show 1 more sites
BP Pulse
6 bays
1.9 km
Authority counts: Department for Transport, public charging device statistics. Site locations are community-mapped in OpenStreetMap, so newer sites can be missing.
Who represents 35 Brighton Road: MP and councillors
Air quality and noise near 35 Brighton Road: NO₂ 12.5 µg/m³, inside the UK legal limit and above the WHO guideline
Modelled annual averages for the 1 km square around this location, from Defra's 2023 background maps. Readings beside busy roads are higher.
Pollutant
This square
WHO guideline
UK legal limit
Nitrogen dioxide (NO₂)
12.5
10
40
Fine particles (PM2.5)
7.6
5
20
Coarse particles (PM10)
12.8
15
40
µg/m³, annual mean. The area sits inside the Croydon air quality management area.
Height above sea level
71 m
Air quality management area
Yes
Defra noise maps cover major roads and railways only (above 55 dB), so "no contour" does not mean silent. Height from the Copernicus 90 m elevation model via Open-Meteo.
Crime and policing near 35 Brighton Road
Crime and policing near 35 Brighton Road
2,120 police reports in 12 months within about a mile of 35 Brighton Road
What was reported
Violence and sexual offences659
Anti-social behaviour417
Vehicle crime240
Other theft141
Public order123
Burglary120
Latest 6 months: 1140, earlier 6 months: 980.
Police-recorded incidents mapped to the nearest street within roughly a mile, so a road near the town centre shows more shoplifting and anti-social behaviour than a quiet cul-de-sac nearby. Counts show what was reported, not how safe any home is.
Food and drink near 35 Brighton Road
54 food businesses with a published rating within 500 m, 37 rated 5 (very good). Nearest: Rosemanor 2 Residential Care Home (3 m, rated 4); Brighton Road - Consensus Support Services (86 m, rated 5); P.A.C.E. (132 m, rated 5); Monkey Puzzle Purley (197 m, rated 5).
The Croydon market: average price £393,714, down 2.2% in a year
HM Land Registry UK House Price Index for Croydon, 2026-06. A mix-adjusted average, so it can differ from the median sale price of one road.
Type
Authority average
Detached
£844,553
Semi-detached
£540,526
Terraced
£399,833
Flat or maisonette
£256,496
This street: houses sold for a median of £305,000 since 2019 against an authority-wide average of £393,714 across all home types, so a house here sells for 23% less than the authority average.
Photos of 35 Brighton Road and the streets around it
Openly licensed photos taken close to this location on Wikimedia Commons. They show the surroundings, not necessarily this exact address.
Council tax at 35 Brighton Road: Band D is £2,600 a year in Croydon, up 4.8% on last year
Charge for 2026 to 2027, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.
The average Band D council tax in Croydon is £2,600 for 2026 to 2027, £208 above the England average of £2,392. That ranks Croydon 36th highest of 296 billing authorities, and the charge rose from £2,480 last year. Next door in Reigate and Banstead, Band D is £2,567, £33 less than in Croydon, so which side of a council boundary a home sits on changes the bill by about £33 a year at Band D.
Your own bill depends on your property's band. In England bands are set from the home's estimated value on 1 April 1991, so a Band C home pays eight ninths of the Band D charge and a Band F home thirteen ninths. The figures below are the charge for each band in Croydon, before any discount or reduction, and they include the county or borough, police, fire and any parish or GLA precepts averaged across the authority.
Band
Per year
Per month (12 payments)
Band A
£1,733
£144
Band B
£2,022
£169
Band C
£2,311
£193
Band D
£2,600
£217
Band E
£3,178
£265
Band F
£3,755
£313
Band G
£4,333
£361
Band H
£5,200
£433
You can check or challenge a home's band on the GOV.UK "Find your Council Tax band" service.
35 Brighton Road has an EPC rating of band D, with a recorded internal floor area of 77 square metres. Certificates last ten years, so check the lodgement date before marketing the home.
How much did 35 Brighton Road last sell for?
35 Brighton Road last sold for £240,000 on 12 May 2006.
What is the estimated value of 35 Brighton Road?
An automated estimate puts 35 Brighton Road at £404,000, in a range of £326,000 to £481,000. It is a model estimate from Resi IQ, not a valuation, so compare it with recent sales on the street.
What council tax band is 35 Brighton Road?
The band is held by the Valuation Office Agency, which you can look up on GOV.UK. For reference, Band D council tax in Croydon is £2,600 for 2026 to 2027, against an England average of £2,392.
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