CR8 1DS
Last sold £415,000 in October 2009
3, Downs Road, Purley
- Property type
- Detached
- Bedrooms
- 5 (est.)
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Floor area
- 1,819 sq ft / 169 sq m
- EPC rating
- D
- Elevation
- About 78m — higher than about 30% of homes in Purley
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Price history in context
- Oct 2009 — £415,000
What this home might be worth today
£730,000
Estimate range £694,000–£767,000
+76.0% since October 2009 — last sale carried forward by the UK House Price Index to April 2026.
paid in line with the local norm
vs 60 nearby sales within a year · 5-bed (est.) detached within 1 km
The life around it
- Margaret Roper Catholic Primary School 37-min walk crosses a major road
- Christ Church CofE Primary School (Purley) 20-min walk crosses a major road
- Purley station 25-min walk
- Woodland 1.0km
- The coast (coastline) 14.6km
- Waddon Ponds 3.3km
- Pond 533m
- The Grotto Canal 4.3km
- River Wandle 4.1km
- Roundshaw Park 817m
- Rotary Field Recreation Ground 344m
- Sainsbury's Local 508m
- Montpelier Road (Stop L) 326m
Broadband
- Gigabit 1 Gbit/s or more 100% of premises
- Ultrafast 100 Mbit/s or more 100% of premises
- Superfast 30 Mbit/s or more 100% of premises
Ofcom figures for every home in this postcode — about fifteen addresses — not a measurement of this one. They say what can be ordered here, not the speed you would get: that depends on the package you buy. Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2024. About this data
Commute by train
From Purley, 539m away
- 22 min London
- 59 min Brighton
- 101 min Cambridge
- 104 min Oxford
Train only, station to station, at the weekday morning peak — getting to the station is not included, because we don't know whether you'd walk, drive or take a bus. The distance to the platform is above so you can judge that yourself.
Schools nearby
Flood risk
Environment Agency flood risk from rivers and sea: outside every mapped risk area. Check the current map
Sunshine and hills
Sunshine: about 1,580 hours a year — sunnier than 50% of homes in England and Wales. Met Office average for this square kilometre, 1991–2020.
Hills: on a gentle north-west-facing slope; surrounding hills hide about 7% of the year's sun. Buildings and trees are not counted.
Crime
Around average for England & Wales — 58 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data
Map
Location: exact
Nearby sold homes
- 1, Downs Road, Purley £695,000 · 2015
- 7, Downs Road, Purley £800,000 · 2021
- 6, Holt Place, Purley £762,500 · 2020
- 5, Holt Place, Purley £815,000 · 2022
- 5, Downs Road, Purley £167,950 · 1997
- 6, Downs Road, Purley £164,500 · 1998
Planning activity nearby
- Permitted Conversion of garage to habitable room. Replacement of garage door with a window. Jun 2026 source
- Undecided Use of existing dwelling-house (Use Class C3a) as supported living accommodation (Use… May 2026 source
- Permitted Non-material amendment (S96a) to planning permission ref. 25/00291/HSE for Demolition of… Apr 2026 source
- Permitted Alterations, demolition of existing side/front extension, swimming pool, outbuilding, and… May 2026 source
- Rejected T1 Horse chestnut - Raise crown to 3m (measured from pavement) to give head height… Apr 2026 source
Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.
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