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About 17 Northbury Avenue
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
17 Northbury Avenue is a two-bedroom detached house in Ruscombe, Reading, Reading (RG10 9LH). It has a recorded floor area of 79 m² (around 850 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (November 2015) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from November 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Sale prices here have outpaced Reading HPI: 4.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £641,000 is 11.5% above the 2018 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£676/sq ft) was about 46.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 79 m² it's 26.9% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (108 m² median across 9 EPCs). 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. Last sale on file: £575,000 in August 2018.
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
- Bedrooms2
Outside
- Private gardenrear
- DrivewayYes
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
17 Northbury Avenue sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 09 Nov 2025
Planning history
Applications and permits filed against 17 Northbury Avenue, Ruscombe, Reading, RG10 9LH, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
17 Northbury Avenue has an approved single-storey side extension on the planning record.
- Sept 2019ExtensionFullApprove
Extension: Single storey · Side of property
Householder Application for the proposed single storey side extension to existing dwelling.
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
17 Northbury Avenue has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 2002.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£641,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.5% per year over 16 years.
Last sold (2018)
£575,000
Growth on file: 4.5% per year over 16 years.
Sales timeline
Versus other Northbury Avenue homes
Four headline reads against 9 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
On epc rating, 17 Northbury Avenue runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£7,278
Street avg £6,442
Floor Area
79 m²
Street avg 110 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Similar properties nearby
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The neighbourhood at a glance
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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
Pennfields — bus stop.
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around RG10 9LH from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.4dB
Everything within walking distance
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