Flat 7 Holmgrove House, Purley CR8 2LR: sold prices, EPC rating and value estimate
A flat of 35 m², rated EPC C. It last sold for £36,500 in Apr 2001. The Resi IQ estimate today is £260,000, an automated estimate and not a valuation.
Last sold for £36,500 in 2001; our estimate today is £260,000, up 612% (8.0% a year), ahead of the 5.9% a year typical on Brighton Road, Purley.
What we found
Last sold £36,500 in Apr 2001.
Estimate today £260,000, higher than 0% of house sales on the street since 2019.
35 m² against a street median of 65 m²; estimated £7,429/m².
EPC C; 62% of homes on the street are C or better.
440 m to Purley station (about 7 min walk).
Flat 7 Holmgrove House
Flat 7 Holmgrove House
£36,500
sold 12 Apr 2001
Flat 7 Holmgrove House, Purley CR8 2LR: a flat
Flat 7 Holmgrove House is a flat in Purley, London Borough of Croydon. It has an internal floor area of 35 m² and 1 habitable rooms according to its energy certificate, smaller 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 2001, when the home changed hands for £36,500. Resi IQ's automated estimate of £260,000 implies a 612% change since the last sale, which would put the home at the 0th 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 28 Dec 2018. Across Brighton Road, Purley, 62% of rated homes reach band C or better. Purley station is 440 m from the home, and the quickest weekday journey to London Victoria is 37 minutes.
House saleFlat saleYearly medianThis homeEstimate today
Sale history
12 Apr 2001
Flat / maisonette
£36,500
Estimate range
Last sale £37k
Estimate £260k
The shaded band is the model's estimate range (£208,000 to £312,000). The last recorded sale is shown for scale. Automated estimate, not a valuation.
Flat 7 Holmgrove House 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
2001
£36,500
£66,000
-45%
Now (estimate)
£260,000
£308,000
-16%
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 7 Holmgrove House 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 7 Holmgrove House
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.
£3,000
Effective rate 1.2% on £260,000
Residential rates in England from April 2025. Check gov.uk before relying on this.
£1,228 a month
Borrowing £221,000 · deposit £39,000 · total interest £147,517
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 7 Holmgrove House: size, age and energy rating
Type
Flat
Floor area
35 m² (street median 65 m²)
Habitable rooms
1
EPC rating
C
UPRN
100022917076
Who lives near Flat 7 Holmgrove House: 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 Flat 7 Holmgrove House. 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 Flat 7 Holmgrove House: 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 7 Holmgrove House: 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 7 Holmgrove House to central London
Victoria
37 min
walk 12 min → train 25 min
Blackfriars
40 min
walk 12 min → train 28 min
Stations near Flat 7 Holmgrove House
Purley
440 m
about 7 min walk
Reedham
570 m
about 9 min walk
Riddlesdown
1410 m
about 23 min walk
Walking times estimated from straight-line distance.
Bus routes near Flat 7 Holmgrove House
11 bus stops within 450 m, served by routes 12716628931240540741243443946660612N68. Nearest stop: Grovelands Road, 114 m away.
Shops, doctors and services near Flat 7 Holmgrove House: 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 Flat 7 Holmgrove House
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 Flat 7 Holmgrove House: MP and councillors
Air quality and noise near Flat 7 Holmgrove House: 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 Flat 7 Holmgrove House
Crime and policing near Flat 7 Holmgrove House
2,120 police reports in 12 months within about a mile of Flat 7 Holmgrove House
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 7 Holmgrove House
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).
Planning designations around Flat 7 Holmgrove House
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 7 Holmgrove House 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 7 Holmgrove House: 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 7 Holmgrove House, Purley: questions people ask
What is the EPC rating of Flat 7 Holmgrove House?
Flat 7 Holmgrove House has an EPC rating of band C, with a recorded internal floor area of 35 square metres. Certificates last ten years, so check the lodgement date before marketing the home.
How much did Flat 7 Holmgrove House last sell for?
Flat 7 Holmgrove House last sold for £36,500 on 12 Apr 2001.
What is the estimated value of Flat 7 Holmgrove House?
An automated estimate puts Flat 7 Holmgrove House at £260,000, in a range of £208,000 to £312,000. 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 7 Holmgrove House?
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 7 Holmgrove House: budget finder, council tax and price check
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