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Get startedCastlemans House is an eight-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Knowl Hill, Reading, Reading (RG10 9UT). It has a recorded floor area of 651 m² (around 7007 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe and attached land beyond the plot. Period features are noted in the property record. The latest certificate (October 2025) shows an F (score 30), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
Held since September 1995 — that's 31 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 651 m² the property is well over the postcode median (63 m² across 5 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 8 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £1,456,000 sits 482.4% above the 1995 sale of £250,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£36/sq ft) was about 91.9% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
Castlemans House sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
Proposed refurbishment and modification of existing garage block, including increase in height.
Castlemans House's modelled value sits at over four times its earliest registered sale price (1995).
£1,456,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£250,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Castlemans House is notably below the street on epc rating.
EPC Rating
30 (F)
Street avg 61 (D)
Floor Area
651 m²
Street avg 115 m²
CO₂ Emissions
41.0 t/year
Street avg 4.9 t/year
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
0.2 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.0dB

Proposed refurbishment and extension to existing garage block and erection of a wall to link garage block to dwelling.
8 September 1995Most recent
£250,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in RG10 9UT: £880,000 (2021–2001).
Habitable Rooms
15 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
RG10 9JN
Castle Royale Golf Club — bus stop.
Closest school
1.5 km
Knowl Hill Church of England Primary Academy. 4 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
43.1dB
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