21 Fifth Road, Newbury, RG14 6DN
About 21 Fifth Road
21 Fifth Road is a five-bedroom semi-detached house in Newbury (RG14 6DN). It has a recorded floor area of 164 m² (around 1765 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (December 2020) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump. Period features are noted in the property record.
At 164 m² the property is well over the postcode median (110 m² across 12 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2002. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£382/sq ft) was about 59.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: June 2022 at £675,000. 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
- Bathrooms2
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- Private gardenSouth-facing
- GarageYes
Building
- Period featuresYes
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Council records include a two-storey extension at 21 Fifth Road.
- Sept 2002ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Two storey
Two storey extension.
- Documents
- 2 docs on file
- Reference
- 02/01542/HOUSE
What's in 21 Fifth Road, Newbury, RG14 6DN's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 21 Fifth Road was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£736,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£675,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
8 June 2022Most recent
£675,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in RG14 6DN: £465,000 (2025–2014).
Everything we know about 21 Fifth Road, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
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Versus other Fifth Road homes
Floor Area for 21 Fifth Road runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£4,116
Street avg £3,702
Floor Area
164 m²
Street avg 114 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.9 t/year
Street avg 4.6 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
Bartlemy Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
John Rankin Junior School. 17 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.7dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.4dB