24 Baker Street, Reading, RG1 7XX
About 24 Baker Street
24 Baker Street is a five-bedroom semi-detached house in Reading (RG1 7XX). It has a recorded floor area of 147 m² (around 1582 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (August 2022) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 3-band jump. Period features are noted in the property record.
At 147 m² the property is well over the postcode median (41 m² across 41 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 73% of similar EPCs). It changed hands recently, sold March 2025 for £490,000. 4 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include HMO conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2011–2025, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.5% per year.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms5
- Bathrooms4
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
Building
- Period featuresYes
- RefurbishedYes
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Energy performance
24 Baker Street's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
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Planning history
A HMO conversion application was refused at 24 Baker Street in 2026.
4 applications on record at 24 Baker Street, Reading, RG1 7XX
- Nov 2025OutbuildingOutlineOutcome in report
Erection of a single storey outbuilding within the rear garden of the property, incidental to the use of the host dwelling.
- Documents
- 7 docs on file
- Reference
- PL/25/1329
- More recent applications — locked
- HMOApr 2026Decision
- OutbuildingFeb 2026Decision
+ 1 more application in the report
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Sales history & valuation
24 Baker Street has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 2011.
£459,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.5% per year over 13 years.
£490,000
Growth on file: 7.5% per year over 13 years.
Sales timeline
27 March 2025Most recent
£490,000
+160.6%over 13 years5 December 2011
£188,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in RG1 7XX: £260,000 (2025–2020).
Nearby sales in RG1 7XX
Versus other Baker Street homes
Years Held for 24 Baker Street lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,333
Street avg £3,042
Floor Area
147 m²
Street avg 96 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.5 t/year
Street avg 5.7 t/year
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Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
9/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Russell Street — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
Oxford Road Community School. 34 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
55.9dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
45.5dB