31a, Almond Avenue, Newbury, RG14 1LX
About 31a
31a is a five-bedroom detached house in Newbury (RG14 1LX). It has a recorded floor area of 105 m² (around 1130 sq ft). The latest certificate (April 2015) returns a high B (score 87), putting the home a stone's throw from an A rating. The latest certificate is from April 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Period features are noted in the property record.
At 105 m² it's 20.2% larger than the typical home in the postcode (87 m² median across 16 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2015. Past consents include an extension and a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£420/sq ft) was about 66.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold March 2021 for £475,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms5
- Bathrooms3
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- Private gardenRear
- ParkingOff street
Building
- Period featuresYes
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
31a ranks among the most efficient homes in the postcode for energy use.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 13 Apr 2025
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Jun 2015Loft ConversionOutlineIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Single storey rear extension and loft conversion
Extension- Documents
- 10 docs on file
- Reference
- 15/01052/CERTP
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- Signs of HMO activity in the area
- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 31a was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£502,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£475,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
18 March 2021Most recent
£475,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in RG14 1LX: £380,000 (2025–2015).
Nearby sales in RG14 1LX
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What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Signs of HMO activity in the area
- Larger development activity nearby

Versus other Almond Avenue homes
Price per m² for 31a runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£4,524
Street avg £2,860
Floor Area
105 m²
Street avg 89 m²
CO₂ Emissions
1.1 t/year
Street avg 3.2 t/year
Years Held
5 years
Street avg 11 years
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
12/mo
Falling year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Dolman Road Shops — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
The Winchcombe School. 14 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
54.0dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
44.6dB