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About 40 Ridgeway
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
40 Ridgeway is a four-bedroom detached house in Wargrave, Reading, Reading (RG10 8AS). It has a recorded floor area of 157 m² (around 1690 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (November 2017) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump.
Sale prices here have outpaced Reading HPI: 2% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£553/sq ft) was about 51% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2019. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Most recent transfer: March 2022 at £935,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Pulled from EPC certificates, claim submissions and our property model. Empty categories are hidden — we only show what's known.
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms2
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
40 Ridgeway sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
E
E53
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Poor
Windows
Good
CO2 Emissions
7.9 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Planning history
Applications and permits filed against 40 Ridgeway, Wargrave, Reading, RG10 8AS, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
- Feb 2019ExtensionFullApprove
Extension: Part single, part two storey · Side and rear of property
Householder application for the proposed erection of a part single storey rear/side extension, part two storey rear/side extension to existing dwelling and changes to fenestration
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£1,027,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 2.0% per year over 4 years.
Last sold (2022)
£935,000
Growth on file: 2.0% per year over 4 years.
Sales timeline
Versus other Ridgeway homes
Four headline reads against 39 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
On epc rating, 40 Ridgeway runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£5,955
Street avg £4,938
Floor Area
157 m²
Street avg 159 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
Similar properties nearby
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The neighbourhood at a glance
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Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
1/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.3 km
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around RG10 8AS from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.9dB
Everything within walking distance
Schools, transport stops and scenic spots near this property — 38 points of interest in total.
Beautiful places to visit nearby
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