39 Hamilton Road, Reading, RG1 5RA
About 39 Hamilton Road
39 Hamilton Road is a five-bedroom semi-detached house in Reading (RG1 5RA). It has a recorded floor area of 198 m² (around 2131 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (March 2021) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump. Period features are noted in the property record. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.
At 198 m² the property is well over the postcode median (54 m² across 35 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. 6 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include an extension and a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2011–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.6% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£371/sq ft) was about 20.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold June 2021 for £790,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms5
- Bathrooms2
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- DrivewayYes
Building
- Period featuresYes
- Previously extendedYes
Energy performance
39 Hamilton Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
39 Hamilton Road has 4 separate extension applications on the council record.
6 applications on record at 39 Hamilton Road, Reading, RG1 5RA
- Aug 2013ExtensionOutlineOutcome in report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Certificate of lawfulness for a proposed single storey rear extension
- Documents
- 2 docs on file
- Reference
- PL/13/0925
- More recent applications — locked
- Loft ConversionOct 2022Decision
- Loft ConversionOct 2022Decision
+ 3 more applications in the report
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£868,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 3.6% per year over 10 years.
£790,000
Growth on file: 3.6% per year over 10 years.
Sales timeline
29 June 2021Most recent
£790,000
+45.0%over 10 years18 January 2011
£545,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in RG1 5RA: £750,000 (2022–2013).
Nearby sales in RG1 5RA
Versus other Hamilton Road homes
On years held, 39 Hamilton Road runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,990
Street avg £4,562
Floor Area
198 m²
Street avg 123 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
9.2 t/year
Street avg 6.2 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
9/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
College Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Maiden Erlegh School in Reading. 34 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
53.8dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
44.2dB







