CR8 2HN
Last sold £900,000 in July 2023
79, Higher Drive, Purley
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Price history in context
- Dec 2011 — £625,000
- Jul 2023 — £900,000 · +44.0% · 26 pts behind the UK market
paid in line with the local norm
vs 35 nearby sales within a year · 7-bed (est.) detached within 1 km
Facts
- Bedrooms
- 7 (est.)
- Property type
- detached
- Tenure
- freehold
- Floor area
- 2,045 sq ft / 190 sq m
- EPC rating
- D
The life around it
- The Hayes Primary School is 1.3km away.
- Beaumont Primary School is 396m away.
- Reedham station is 689m away.
- Woodland is 133m away.
- The coast (coastline) is 15.7km away.
Broadband
- Gigabit-capable broadband is available to 95.5% of premises in this postcode — not all of them.
- Ultrafast broadband (100Mbit/s or more) is available to 95.5% of premises in this postcode — not all of them.
- Superfast broadband (30Mbit/s or more) is available to 100% of premises in this postcode.
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 Reedham, 689m away
- 34 min London
- 79 min Brighton
- 120 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.
Nearby schools
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Beaumont Primary Schoolis 396m away.
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St Nicholas Schoolis 398m away.
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Abingdon House School Purleyis 622m away.
Crime
Below average for England & Wales — 49 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data
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Nearby sold homes
- Fordwich House, 81, Flat 6, Higher Drive, Purley — £420,000 (2022)
- Fordwich House, 81, Flat 8, Higher Drive, Purley — £324,950 (2023)
- Fordwich House, 81, Flat 1, Higher Drive, Purley — £525,000 (2022)
- Fordwich House, 81, Flat 5, Higher Drive, Purley — £428,000 (2022)
- 85, Higher Drive, Purley — £593,000 (2013)
- 87, Higher Drive, Purley — £500,000 (2012)
Planning activity nearby
- Erection of single storey side extension. Alterations. — Undecided, Mar 2026 source
- Erection of front porch — Permitted, Apr 2026 source
- Details pursuant to the discharge of Conditions 6 (Retaining Walls), 7 (Materials), 8… — Rejected, Jun 2026 source
- Details pursuant to the discharge of Condition 5 (CLP) attached to planning permission… — Permitted, Apr 2026 source
- Change of Use from Existing 6-Person HMO (Use Class C4) to 7-Person HMO (Sui Generis).… — Undecided, Jun 2026 source
Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.
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