46 Elgar Road, Reading, RG2 0BL
About 46 Elgar Road
46 Elgar Road is a four-bedroom mid-terrace house in Reading (RG2 0BL). It has a recorded floor area of 138 m² (around 1485 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (August 2012) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 77). The latest certificate is from August 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Period features are noted in the property record. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.
At 138 m² the property is well over the postcode median (99 m² across 13 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 2007–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.3% per year. Sold December 2021 for £432,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
Building
- Heating systemGas
- Period featuresYes
- Extension potentialPossible
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Energy performance
46 Elgar Road's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 20 Aug 2022
EPC Rating
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Planning history
46 Elgar Road has no planning applications on record.
But the area is active
14 notable applications nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 46 Elgar Road was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£456,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 3.3% per year over 14 years.
£432,000
Growth on file: 3.3% per year over 14 years.
Sales timeline
15 December 2021Most recent
£432,000
+63.0%over 9 years26 November 2012
£265,000
-1.9%over 5 years2 August 2007
£270,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in RG2 0BL: £402,000 (2025–2022).
Versus other Elgar Road homes
46 Elgar Road outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,130
Street avg £3,655
Floor Area
138 m²
Street avg 98 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.2 t/year
Street avg 4.9 t/year
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Crime
6/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Katesgrove Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Katesgrove Primary School. 36 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
56.4dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
47.7dB