4 Badgers Mount, Purley CR8 2BB: sold prices, EPC rating and value estimate
A flat of 66 m², rated EPC E. It last sold for £145,000 in Nov 2006. The Resi IQ estimate today is £294,000, an automated estimate and not a valuation.
Last sold for £145,000 in 2006; our estimate today is £294,000, up 103% (3.6% a year), behind the 5.9% a year typical on Brighton Road, Purley.
What we found
Last sold £145,000 in Nov 2006, up 226% since 1997 (13.0% a year).
Estimate today £294,000, higher than 33% of house sales on the street since 2019.
66 m² against a street median of 65 m²; estimated £4,455/m².
EPC E; 62% of homes on the street are C or better.
710 m to Purley Oaks station (about 12 min walk).
4 Badgers Mount
4 Badgers Mount
£44,500
sold 28 Feb 1997
4 Badgers Mount, Purley CR8 2BB: a flat
4 Badgers Mount is a flat in Purley, London Borough of Croydon. It has an internal floor area of 66 m² and 4 habitable rooms according to its energy certificate, larger than the typical 65 m² home on Brighton Road, Purley. The postcode is CR8 2BB, in Purley Oaks & Riddlesdown ward and the Croydon South constituency.
The sales record goes back to 1997, when the home changed hands for £44,500. It sold again in 2003 for £127,000 and in 2006 for £145,000, a rise of 226% overall, or 13.0% a year. Resi IQ's automated estimate of £294,000 implies a 103% change since the last sale, which would put the home at the 33th 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 E and was lodged 8 Apr 2013. Across Brighton Road, Purley, 62% of rated homes reach band C or better. Purley Oaks station is 710 m from the home, and the quickest weekday journey to London Victoria is 43 minutes.
House saleFlat saleYearly medianThis homeEstimate today
Sale history
10 Nov 2006
Flat / maisonette
£145,000
30 Jun 2003
Flat / maisonette
£127,000
28 Feb 1997
Flat / maisonette
£44,500
Estimate range
Last sale £145k
Estimate £294k
The shaded band is the model's estimate range (£276,000 to £311,000). The last recorded sale is shown for scale. Automated estimate, not a valuation.
4 Badgers Mount 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
1997
£44,500
£44,500
0%
2003
£127,000
£142,750
-11%
2006
£145,000
£170,000
-15%
Now (estimate)
£294,000
£308,000
-5%
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 4 Badgers Mount 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 4 Badgers Mount
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 E. 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.
£4,700
Effective rate 1.6% on £294,000
Residential rates in England from April 2025. Check gov.uk before relying on this.
£1,389 a month
Borrowing £249,900 · deposit £44,100 · total interest £166,808
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 4 Badgers Mount: size, age and energy rating
Type
Flat
Floor area
66 m² (street median 65 m²)
Habitable rooms
4
EPC rating
E
UPRN
100020663987
Who lives near 4 Badgers Mount: 58% of homes are owner-occupied and 41% of workers work from home
Census 2021 for Croydon 031D: 1,530 residents in 595 households around 4 Badgers Mount. The figures describe a small neighbourhood, not any individual.
58%own their home17 pts below the CR8 average
23%of residents under 155 pts above the CR8 average
10%of residents aged 65+8 pts below the CR8 average
41%work from home8 pts below the CR8 average
43%degree-level qualified4 pts below the CR8 average
25%homes with no car9 pts above the CR8 average
Who lives here
Age of residents
Under 1523%
15 to 2410%
25 to 4433%
45 to 6424%
65 and over10%
Household type
One person27%
Couple, no children14%
Family with children38%
Other21%
Homes and cars
Tenure
Owned outright23%
Mortgage or shared37%
Private rented30%
Social rented10%
Cars and vans per household
No car25%
1 car54%
2 cars17%
3 or more4%
How people get to work
Main way of travelling (765 workers aged 16+)
Work from home41%
Drive or passenger30%
Train, tube or tram13%
Bus9%
Walk or cycle5%
Health and learning
General health
Good or very good88%
Fair10%
Bad or very bad2%
Highest qualification (16+)
Degree level or above43%
A level or equivalent16%
GCSE level22%
None13%
Schools near 4 Badgers Mount: 15 within 1.8 km, 6 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
Christ Church CofE Primary School (Purley) Voluntary aided school · ages 4-11
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 4 Badgers Mount: 43 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.
4 Badgers Mount to central London
Victoria
43 min
walk 18 min → train 25 min
Blackfriars
46 min
walk 18 min → train 28 min
Stations near 4 Badgers Mount
Purley Oaks
710 m
about 12 min walk
Purley
840 m
about 14 min walk
Sanderstead
1100 m
about 18 min walk
Walking times estimated from straight-line distance.
Bus routes near 4 Badgers Mount
10 bus stops within 450 m, served by routes 16631235940540746660645N68. Nearest stop: Brighton Road / Purley Downs Road, 53 m away.
Shops, doctors and services near 4 Badgers Mount: 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
Parkside Group Practice
950 m
11
Pharmacy
Hobbs Pharmacy
680 m
19
Dentist
Blue Dental
630 m
17
Supermarket
Tesco Extra
1.1 km
7
Library
Purley Library
1.0 km
5
Post office
Purley Post Office
860 m
8
Park or green space
Rotary Field
430 m
31
Hospital
Purley War Memorial Hospital
690 m
1
Electric vehicle charging near 4 Badgers Mount
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
780 m
Public charge point
780 m
Source London
1 bay
940 m
London - Croydon Supercharger Tesla
8 bays
1.5 km
Public charge point
1.8 km
Show 1 more sites
ESB Energy
3 bays
1.8 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 4 Badgers Mount: MP and councillors
Air quality and noise near 4 Badgers Mount: NO₂ 12.2 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)
12.2
10
40
Fine particles (PM2.5)
7.5
5
20
Coarse particles (PM10)
12.4
15
40
µg/m³, annual mean. The area sits inside the Croydon air quality management area.
Height above sea level
77 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 4 Badgers Mount
Crime and policing near 4 Badgers Mount
2,394 police reports in 12 months within about a mile of 4 Badgers Mount
What was reported
Violence and sexual offences744
Anti-social behaviour435
Vehicle crime299
Other theft153
Public order139
Burglary128
Latest 6 months: 1308, earlier 6 months: 1086.
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 4 Badgers Mount
55 food businesses with a published rating within 500 m, 35 rated 5 (very good). Nearest: Zen Lounge Ltd (80 m, rated 4); Regans Fight Champions (137 m, rated 4); La Maternelle Nursery School (220 m, rated 5); Aspens Services At Christ Church C Of E Primary School (238 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 4 Badgers Mount 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 4 Badgers Mount: 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.
4 Badgers Mount has an EPC rating of band E, with a recorded internal floor area of 66 square metres. Certificates last ten years, so check the lodgement date before marketing the home.
How much did 4 Badgers Mount last sell for?
4 Badgers Mount last sold for £145,000 on 10 Nov 2006, up 226% on its 28 Feb 1997 price of £44,500.
What is the estimated value of 4 Badgers Mount?
An automated estimate puts 4 Badgers Mount at £294,000, in a range of £276,000 to £311,000. 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 4 Badgers Mount?
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.
Answers use data checked monthly. Sources are named in each answer.
Tools for 4 Badgers Mount: budget finder, council tax and price check
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