18 Carpenters Close, Newbury, RG14 5BU
About 18 Carpenters Close
18 Carpenters Close is a four-bedroom mid-terrace house in Newbury (RG14 5BU). It has a recorded floor area of 113 m² (around 1216 sq ft). The latest certificate (November 2015) returns a high B (score 89), putting the home a stone's throw from an A rating. The latest certificate is from November 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.
At 113 m² the property is well over the postcode median (61 m² across 36 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2019. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2015–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £394,000 is 11.8% above the 2021 sale price. Last sale on file: £352,500 in June 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Already flagged here
Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms2
- Dining roomYes
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- Private gardenSouth-facing
- ParkingAllocated
- Cul-de-sacYes
Building
- Previously extendedYes
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
18 Carpenters Close's carbon output is low for the local stock.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 25 Nov 2025
EPC Rating
Planning history
18 Carpenters Close has an approved rear extension on the planning record.
- May 2019ConservatoryFullIn report
Extension: Rear of property
Retrospective. Rear conservatory
RetrospectiveExtension- Documents
- 11 docs on file
- Reference
- 18/03397/HOUSE
We flagged 3 things worth checking at 18 Carpenters Close
Independent checks surfaced things a buyer would want to understand before offering. The report explains each one in full, with the underlying data and what to ask.
- Signs of HMO activity in the area
- Larger development activity nearby
- Environmental risk flagged
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£394,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 2.6% per year over 5 years.
£352,500
Growth on file: 2.6% per year over 5 years.
Sales timeline
6 June 2021Most recent
£352,500
+14.8%over 5 years18 December 2015
£307,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in RG14 5BU: £235,000 (2025–2024).
Nearby sales in RG14 5BU
Everything we know about 18 Carpenters 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
- Signs of HMO activity in the area
- Larger development activity nearby
- Environmental risk flagged
Versus other Carpenters Close homes
EPC Rating for 18 Carpenters Close runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,119
Street avg £2,861
Floor Area
113 m²
Street avg 107 m²
CO₂ Emissions
1.0 t/year
Street avg 1.3 t/year
Years Held
5 years
Street avg 8 years
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
12/mo
Falling year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Gordon Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.7 km
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School. 19 schools nearby.
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The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
53.8dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
44.7dB