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Get started1 Dark Lane is a five-bedroom semi-detached house in Wargrave, Reading, Reading (RG10 8JX). It has a recorded floor area of 175 m² (around 1884 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (June 2015) shows an E (score 44), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 68). The latest certificate is from June 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe.
Untraded for 19 years, with the last transfer in October 2007. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. Sale prices here have outpaced Reading HPI: 8.2% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £1,014,000 sits 93.9% above the 2007 sale of £523,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£278/sq ft) was about 149.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2019.
1 Dark Lane's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 29 Jun 2025
Householder application for the proposed erection of detached garage following demolition of existing garage.
1 Dark Lane has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 1998.
£1,014,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.2% per year over 10 years.
£523,000
Growth on file: 8.2% per year over 10 years.
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
1/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Hamilton Road — bus stop.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.5dB

26 October 2007Most recent
£523,000
+24.5%over 4 years30 September 2003
£420,000
+69.7%over 5 years9 April 1998
£247,500
Median price across the last 3 sales in RG10 8JX: £117,500 (2022–1996).
RG10 8BX
Closest school
0.3 km
Robert Piggott CofE Junior School. 8 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.5dB
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