Flat 1, Brighton Road, Purley CR8 2LG: sold prices, EPC rating and value estimate
A flat, rated EPC B. It last sold for £225,000 in Oct 2009. The Resi IQ estimate today is £312,000, an automated estimate and not a valuation.
Last sold for £225,000 in 2009; our estimate today is £312,000, up 39% (1.9% a year), behind the 5.9% a year typical on Brighton Road, Purley.
What we found
Last sold £225,000 in Oct 2009.
Estimate today £312,000, higher than 67% of house sales on the street since 2019.
Floor area not recorded.
EPC B; 62% of homes on the street are C or better.
480 m to Purley station (about 8 min walk).
Flat 1, Brighton Road
Flat 1, Brighton Road
£225,000
sold 23 Oct 2009
Flat 1, Brighton Road, Purley CR8 2LG: a flat
Flat 1, Brighton Road is a flat in Purley, London Borough of Croydon. The postcode is CR8 2LG, in Purley & Woodcote ward and the Croydon South constituency.
The sales record goes back to 2009, when the home changed hands for £225,000. Resi IQ's automated estimate of £312,000 implies a 39% 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 B and was lodged 28 May 2019. Across Brighton Road, Purley, 62% of rated homes reach band C or better. Purley station is 480 m from the home, and the quickest weekday journey to London Victoria is 37 minutes.
House saleFlat saleYearly medianThis homeEstimate today
Sale history
23 Oct 2009
Flat / maisonette
£225,000
Estimate range
Last sale £225k
Estimate £312k
The shaded band is the model's estimate range (£283,000 to £340,000). The last recorded sale is shown for scale. Automated estimate, not a valuation.
Flat 1, 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
2009
£225,000
£192,500
+17%
Now (estimate)
£312,000
£308,000
+1%
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 Flat 1, 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 Flat 1, Brighton Road
What it would take to reach EPC C, and what solar could do for this roof.
Going further than EPC B
This home is rated EPC B. It already meets the C target, so these are the measures that cut bills further.
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.
£5,600
Effective rate 1.8% on £312,000
Residential rates in England from April 2025. Check gov.uk before relying on this.
£1,474 a month
Borrowing £265,200 · deposit £46,800 · total interest £177,020
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 Flat 1, Brighton Road: size, age and energy rating
Type
Flat
EPC rating
B
UPRN
10001008560
Who lives near Flat 1, Brighton Road: 66% of homes are owner-occupied and 49% of workers work from home
Census 2021 for Croydon 038B: 1,722 residents in 641 households around Flat 1, Brighton Road. The figures describe a small neighbourhood, not any individual.
66%own their home9 pts below the CR8 average
16%of residents under 152 pts below the CR8 average
20%of residents aged 65+2 pts above the CR8 average
49%work from homeIn line with the CR8 average
50%degree-level qualified3 pts above the CR8 average
20%homes with no car4 pts above the CR8 average
Who lives here
Age of residents
Under 1516%
15 to 249%
25 to 4429%
45 to 6425%
65 and over20%
Household type
One person26%
Couple, no children15%
Family with children32%
Other27%
Homes and cars
Tenure
Owned outright30%
Mortgage or shared37%
Private rented26%
Social rented8%
Cars and vans per household
No car20%
1 car46%
2 cars24%
3 or more10%
How people get to work
Main way of travelling (799 workers aged 16+)
Work from home49%
Drive or passenger28%
Train, tube or tram11%
Bus7%
Walk or cycle4%
Health and learning
General health
Good or very good85%
Fair11%
Bad or very bad4%
Highest qualification (16+)
Degree level or above50%
A level or equivalent12%
GCSE level18%
None13%
Schools near Flat 1, 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 Flat 1, 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.
Flat 1, 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 Flat 1, Brighton Road
Purley
480 m
about 8 min walk
Reedham
570 m
about 9 min walk
Riddlesdown
1460 m
about 24 min walk
Walking times estimated from straight-line distance.
Bus routes near Flat 1, Brighton Road
18 bus stops within 450 m, served by routes 12716628931235940540741243443946660612645N68. Nearest stop: Grovelands Road, 144 m away.
Shops, doctors and services near Flat 1, 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
660 m
11
Pharmacy
Tesco Instore Pharmacy
200 m
19
Dentist
Confidental Clinic
190 m
16
Supermarket
Tesco Extra
250 m
7
Library
Purley Library
390 m
7
Post office
Purley Post Office
470 m
9
Park or green space
The Glade
680 m
29
Hospital
Purley War Memorial Hospital
650 m
1
Electric vehicle charging near Flat 1, 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
470 m
Public charge point
570 m
Public charge point
580 m
ESB Energy
3 bays
1.3 km
ESB Energy
3 bays
1.8 km
Show 1 more sites
BP Pulse
6 bays
2.0 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 Flat 1, Brighton Road: MP and councillors
Air quality and noise near Flat 1, 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
86 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 Flat 1, Brighton Road
Crime and policing near Flat 1, Brighton Road
2,120 police reports in 12 months within about a mile of Flat 1, 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 Flat 1, Brighton Road
56 food businesses with a published rating within 500 m, 39 rated 5 (very good). Nearest: Rosemanor 2 Residential Care Home (144 m, rated 4); P.A.C.E. (147 m, rated 5); Purley View Nursing Home (215 m, rated 4); Brighton Road - Consensus Support Services (226 m, rated 5).
Planning designations around Flat 1, Brighton Road
Conservation area
No
Green belt
No
Listed building on plot
No
Air quality management area
Yes (Croydon AQMA)
Ward
Purley & Woodcote
Planning authority
Croydon LPA
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 Flat 1, 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 Flat 1, 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.
Flat 1, Brighton Road, Purley: questions people ask
What is the EPC rating of Flat 1, Brighton Road?
Flat 1, Brighton Road has an EPC rating of band B. Certificates last ten years, so check the lodgement date before marketing the home.
How much did Flat 1, Brighton Road last sell for?
Flat 1, Brighton Road last sold for £225,000 on 23 Oct 2009.
What is the estimated value of Flat 1, Brighton Road?
An automated estimate puts Flat 1, Brighton Road at £312,000, in a range of £283,000 to £340,000. 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 Flat 1, 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.
Answers use data checked monthly. Sources are named in each answer.
Tools for Flat 1, Brighton Road: budget finder, council tax and price check
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