Flat 1 Carriages Apartments, Purley CR8 2BH: sold prices, EPC rating and value estimate
A flat of 81 m², rated EPC C. It last sold for £495,180 in Jul 2019. The Resi IQ estimate today is £330,000, an automated estimate and not a valuation.
Last sold for £495,180 in 2019; our estimate today is £330,000, down 33% (-5.4% a year), behind the 5.9% a year typical on Brighton Road, Purley.
What we found
Last sold £495,180 in Jul 2019.
Estimate today £330,000, higher than 67% of house sales on the street since 2019.
81 m² against a street median of 65 m²; estimated £4,074/m².
EPC C; 62% of homes on the street are C or better.
410 m to Purley station (about 7 min walk).
Flat 1 Carriages Apartments
Flat 1 Carriages Apartments
£495,180
sold 5 Jul 2019
Flat 1 Carriages Apartments, Purley CR8 2BH: a flat
Flat 1 Carriages Apartments is a flat in Purley, London Borough of Croydon. It has an internal floor area of 81 m² according to its energy certificate, larger than the typical 65 m² home on Brighton Road, Purley. The postcode is CR8 2BH, in Purley & Woodcote ward and the Croydon South constituency.
The sales record goes back to 2019, when the home changed hands for £495,180. Resi IQ's automated estimate of £330,000 implies a -33% 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 C and was lodged 22 May 2017. Across Brighton Road, Purley, 62% of rated homes reach band C or better. Purley station is 410 m from the home, and the quickest weekday journey to London Victoria is 36 minutes.
House saleFlat saleYearly medianThis homeEstimate today
Sale history
5 Jul 2019
Flat / maisonette
£495,180
Estimate range
Last sale £495k
Estimate £330k
The shaded band is the model's estimate range (£275,000 to £385,000). The last recorded sale is shown for scale. Automated estimate, not a valuation.
Flat 1 Carriages Apartments 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
2019
£495,180
£300,250
+65%
Now (estimate)
£330,000
£308,000
+7%
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 Carriages Apartments 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 Carriages Apartments
What it would take to reach EPC C, and what solar could do for this roof.
Going further than EPC C
This home is rated EPC C. 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.
£6,500
Effective rate 2.0% on £330,000
Residential rates in England from April 2025. Check gov.uk before relying on this.
£1,559 a month
Borrowing £280,500 · deposit £49,500 · total interest £187,233
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 Carriages Apartments: size, age and energy rating
Type
Flat
Floor area
81 m² (street median 65 m²)
EPC rating
C
UPRN
10093049091
Who lives near Flat 1 Carriages Apartments: 65% of homes are owner-occupied and 44% of workers work from home
Census 2021 for Croydon 037C: 1,792 residents in 711 households around Flat 1 Carriages Apartments. 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
44%work from home5 pts below the CR8 average
42%degree-level qualified5 pts below the CR8 average
21%homes with no car5 pts above the CR8 average
Who lives here
Age of residents
Under 1518%
15 to 2410%
25 to 4429%
45 to 6427%
65 and over16%
Household type
One person27%
Couple, no children13%
Family with children32%
Other28%
Homes and cars
Tenure
Owned outright29%
Mortgage or shared38%
Private rented22%
Social rented10%
Cars and vans per household
No car21%
1 car52%
2 cars21%
3 or more6%
How people get to work
Main way of travelling (906 workers aged 16+)
Work from home44%
Drive or passenger30%
Bus10%
Train, tube or tram9%
Walk or cycle4%
Health and learning
General health
Good or very good86%
Fair11%
Bad or very bad4%
Highest qualification (16+)
Degree level or above42%
A level or equivalent18%
GCSE level21%
None14%
Schools near Flat 1 Carriages Apartments: 17 within 1.8 km, 7 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
Purley Nursery School Local authority nursery school · ages 2-5
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 Carriages Apartments: 36 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 Carriages Apartments to central London
Victoria
36 min
walk 11 min → train 25 min
Blackfriars
39 min
walk 11 min → train 28 min
Stations near Flat 1 Carriages Apartments
Purley
410 m
about 7 min walk
Purley Oaks
1190 m
about 19 min walk
Riddlesdown
1290 m
about 21 min walk
Walking times estimated from straight-line distance.
Bus routes near Flat 1 Carriages Apartments
16 bus stops within 450 m, served by routes 12716628931235940540741243443946660612645N68. Nearest stop: Christchurch Road / Purley Hospital, 101 m away.
Shops, doctors and services near Flat 1 Carriages Apartments: 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
790 m
11
Pharmacy
Hobbs Pharmacy
140 m
19
Dentist
Purley Dental Care
280 m
17
Supermarket
Tesco Extra
550 m
7
Library
Purley Library
450 m
7
Post office
Purley Post Office
310 m
8
Park or green space
Rotary Field
140 m
29
Hospital
Purley War Memorial Hospital
150 m
1
Electric vehicle charging near Flat 1 Carriages Apartments
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
240 m
Public charge point
250 m
Public charge point
1.2 km
Source London
1 bay
1.5 km
ESB Energy
3 bays
1.5 km
Show 1 more sites
London - Croydon Supercharger
8 bays
1.7 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 Carriages Apartments: MP and councillors
Air quality and noise near Flat 1 Carriages Apartments: 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
69 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 Carriages Apartments
Crime and policing near Flat 1 Carriages Apartments
2,201 police reports in 12 months within about a mile of Flat 1 Carriages Apartments
What was reported
Violence and sexual offences682
Anti-social behaviour408
Vehicle crime256
Other theft149
Burglary133
Public order130
Latest 6 months: 1199, earlier 6 months: 1002.
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 Carriages Apartments
54 food businesses with a published rating within 500 m, 38 rated 5 (very good). Nearest: Fennies Under 5's Day Nursery (58 m, rated 2); Purley Nursery School (129 m, rated 5); Christ Church Coffee Shop (144 m, rated 5); The Foyer Coffee Bar (144 m, rated 5).
Planning designations around Flat 1 Carriages Apartments
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 Carriages Apartments 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 Carriages Apartments: 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 Carriages Apartments, Purley: questions people ask
What is the EPC rating of Flat 1 Carriages Apartments?
Flat 1 Carriages Apartments has an EPC rating of band C, with a recorded internal floor area of 81 square metres. Certificates last ten years, so check the lodgement date before marketing the home.
How much did Flat 1 Carriages Apartments last sell for?
Flat 1 Carriages Apartments last sold for £495,180 on 5 Jul 2019.
What is the estimated value of Flat 1 Carriages Apartments?
An automated estimate puts Flat 1 Carriages Apartments at £330,000, in a range of £275,000 to £385,000. 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 Carriages Apartments?
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 Carriages Apartments: budget finder, council tax and price check
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