10 Highwood Close, Shaw, Newbury, RG14 2EJ
About 10 Highwood Close
10 Highwood Close is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Shaw, Newbury, Newbury (RG14 2EJ). It has a recorded floor area of 59 m² (around 635 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (May 2023) returns a B (score 84), comfortably above the UK average. When first surveyed in January 2021 the rating was E, the property has climbed 3 bands since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, window efficiency went from Average to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good.
At 59 m² it's 18.1% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (72 m² median across 13 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2023. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £220,000 is 21.5% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£285/sq ft) was about 19.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: December 2022 at £181,000. 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
- Bedrooms2
- Bathrooms1
Outside
- GarageYes
Building
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
10 Highwood Close ranks among the most efficient homes in the postcode for energy use.
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Replaced storage heaters with gas boiler
Connected to mains gas supply
Hot water system upgraded
Window efficiency improved
Loft insulation installed or upgraded to 250mm+
Planning history
10 Highwood Close has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
- Oct 2023ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Proposed single storey rear extensions.
- Documents
- 20 docs on file
- Reference
- 23/00811/FUL
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£220,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£181,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
9 December 2022Most recent
£181,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in RG14 2EJ: £270,000 (2024–2018).
Nearby sales in RG14 2EJ
19 Highwood Close, Shaw, Newbury, RG14 2EJ
Sold Dec 2024
£270,0008 Highwood Close, Shaw, Newbury, RG14 2EJ
Sold May 2024
£430,00014 Highwood Close, Shaw, Newbury, RG14 2EJ
Sold Jan 2024
£168,00016 Highwood Close, Shaw, Newbury, RG14 2EJ
Sold Dec 2019
£230,0004 Highwood Close, Shaw, Newbury, RG14 2EJ
Sold Sept 2018
£325,000
Everything we know about 10 Highwood Close, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby

Versus other Highwood Close homes
On epc rating, 10 Highwood Close stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£3,068
Street avg £2,821
Floor Area
59 m²
Street avg 60 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 3 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
1.0 t/year
Street avg 2.6 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
12/mo
Falling year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Shaw Cemetery — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
Trinity School. 13 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.8dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.2dB