Flat 32 Gemini Court, Purley CR8 2FD: sold prices, EPC rating and value estimate
A flat of 77 m², rated EPC C. It last sold for £337,500 in Mar 2022. The Resi IQ estimate today is £340,000, an automated estimate and not a valuation.
Last sold for £337,500 in 2022; our estimate today is £340,000, up 1% (0.2% a year), behind the 5.9% a year typical on Brighton Road, Purley.
What we found
Last sold £337,500 in Mar 2022, up 32% since 2006 (1.8% a year).
Estimate today £340,000, higher than 67% of house sales on the street since 2019.
77 m² against a street median of 65 m²; estimated £4,416/m².
EPC C; 62% of homes on the street are C or better.
360 m to Purley station (about 6 min walk).
Flat 32 Gemini Court
Flat 32 Gemini Court
£255,000
sold 19 Oct 2006
Flat 32 Gemini Court, Purley CR8 2FD: a flat
Flat 32 Gemini Court is a flat in Purley, London Borough of Croydon. It has an internal floor area of 77 m² and 3 habitable rooms according to its energy certificate, larger than the typical 65 m² home on Brighton Road, Purley. The postcode is CR8 2FD, in Purley & Woodcote ward and the Croydon South constituency.
The sales record goes back to 2006, when the home changed hands for £255,000. It sold again in 2014 for £305,000 and in 2022 for £337,500, a rise of 32% overall, or 1.8% a year. Resi IQ's automated estimate of £340,000 implies a 1% 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 7 Feb 2014. Across Brighton Road, Purley, 62% of rated homes reach band C or better. Purley station is 360 m from the home, and the quickest weekday journey to London Victoria is 36 minutes.
House saleFlat saleYearly medianThis homeEstimate today
Sale history
25 Mar 2022
Flat / maisonette
£337,500
19 May 2014
Flat / maisonette
£305,000
19 Oct 2006
Flat / maisonette
£255,000
Estimate range
Last sale £338k
Estimate £340k
The shaded band is the model's estimate range (£307,000 to £373,000). The last recorded sale is shown for scale. Automated estimate, not a valuation.
Flat 32 Gemini Court 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
£255,000
£170,000
+50%
2014
£305,000
£231,000
+32%
2022
£337,500
£296,000
+14%
Now (estimate)
£340,000
£308,000
+10%
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 32 Gemini Court 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 32 Gemini Court
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.
£7,000
Effective rate 2.1% on £340,000
Residential rates in England from April 2025. Check gov.uk before relying on this.
£1,606 a month
Borrowing £289,000 · deposit £51,000 · total interest £192,907
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 32 Gemini Court: size, age and energy rating
Type
Flat
Floor area
77 m² (street median 65 m²)
Habitable rooms
3
EPC rating
C
UPRN
10014047288
Who lives near Flat 32 Gemini Court: 39% of homes are owner-occupied and 46% of workers work from home
Census 2021 for Croydon 037E: 2,392 residents in 1,170 households around Flat 32 Gemini Court. The figures describe a small neighbourhood, not any individual.
39%own their home36 pts below the CR8 average
17%of residents under 151 pts below the CR8 average
15%of residents aged 65+3 pts below the CR8 average
46%work from home3 pts below the CR8 average
45%degree-level qualified2 pts below the CR8 average
47%homes with no car31 pts above the CR8 average
Who lives here
Age of residents
Under 1517%
15 to 248%
25 to 4437%
45 to 6422%
65 and over15%
Household type
One person43%
Couple, no children16%
Family with children25%
Other17%
Homes and cars
Tenure
Owned outright20%
Mortgage or shared25%
Private rented36%
Social rented19%
Cars and vans per household
No car47%
1 car43%
2 cars8%
3 or more2%
How people get to work
Main way of travelling (1,175 workers aged 16+)
Work from home46%
Drive or passenger22%
Train, tube or tram15%
Bus10%
Walk or cycle6%
Health and learning
General health
Good or very good81%
Fair13%
Bad or very bad6%
Highest qualification (16+)
Degree level or above45%
A level or equivalent12%
GCSE level21%
None15%
Schools near Flat 32 Gemini Court: 16 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
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 32 Gemini Court: 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 32 Gemini Court to central London
Victoria
36 min
walk 11 min → train 25 min
Blackfriars
39 min
walk 11 min → train 28 min
Stations near Flat 32 Gemini Court
Purley
360 m
about 6 min walk
Purley Oaks
1250 m
about 20 min walk
Reedham
1270 m
about 21 min walk
Walking times estimated from straight-line distance.
Bus routes near Flat 32 Gemini Court
18 bus stops within 450 m, served by routes 12716628931235940540741243443946660612645N68. Nearest stop: Christchurch Road / Purley Hospital, 79 m away.
Shops, doctors and services near Flat 32 Gemini Court: 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
740 m
11
Pharmacy
Hobbs Pharmacy
70 m
19
Dentist
Purley Dental Care
220 m
17
Supermarket
Tesco Extra
490 m
7
Library
Purley Library
390 m
7
Post office
Purley Post Office
250 m
8
Park or green space
Rotary Field
200 m
29
Hospital
Purley War Memorial Hospital
80 m
1
Electric vehicle charging near Flat 32 Gemini Court
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
180 m
Public charge point
190 m
Public charge point
1.2 km
ESB Energy
3 bays
1.5 km
Source London
1 bay
1.5 km
Show 1 more sites
London - Croydon Supercharger
8 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 Flat 32 Gemini Court: MP and councillors
Air quality and noise near Flat 32 Gemini Court: 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
68 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 32 Gemini Court
Crime and policing near Flat 32 Gemini Court
2,201 police reports in 12 months within about a mile of Flat 32 Gemini Court
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 32 Gemini Court
55 food businesses with a published rating within 500 m, 38 rated 5 (very good). Nearest: Purley Nursery School (90 m, rated 5); Fennies Under 5's Day Nursery (116 m, rated 2); Gresham Court (135 m, rated 5); Sainsbury's (138 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 Flat 32 Gemini Court 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 32 Gemini Court: 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 32 Gemini Court, Purley: questions people ask
What is the EPC rating of Flat 32 Gemini Court?
Flat 32 Gemini Court has an EPC rating of band C, 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 Flat 32 Gemini Court last sell for?
Flat 32 Gemini Court last sold for £337,500 on 25 Mar 2022, up 32% on its 19 Oct 2006 price of £255,000.
What is the estimated value of Flat 32 Gemini Court?
An automated estimate puts Flat 32 Gemini Court at £340,000, in a range of £307,000 to £373,000. 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 32 Gemini Court?
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 32 Gemini Court: budget finder, council tax and price check
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