51 Elgar Road, Reading, RG2 0DQ
About 51 Elgar Road
51 Elgar Road is a mid-terrace house in Reading (RG2 0DQ). It has a recorded floor area of 78 m² (around 840 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (August 2017) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 79).
Sold December 2021 for £310,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. Across 2005–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.7% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£369/sq ft) was about 85.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
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Planning history
51 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
51 Elgar Road has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 2005.
£288,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.7% per year over 16 years.
£310,000
Growth on file: 6.7% per year over 16 years.
Sales timeline
10 December 2021Most recent
£310,000
+17.0%over 3 years21 December 2017
£265,000
+138.7%over 11 years15 June 2006
£111,000
+1.4%over 8 months16 October 2005
£109,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in RG2 0DQ: £327,000 (2024–2022).
Versus other Elgar Road homes
On habitable rooms, 51 Elgar Road runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,974
Street avg £2,803
Floor Area
78 m²
Street avg 79 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.6 t/year
Street avg 4.0 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
56.6dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
47.9dB