6 Dovecote Road, Reading, RG2 8UJ
About 6 Dovecote Road
6 Dovecote Road is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Reading (RG2 8UJ). It has a recorded floor area of 42 m² (around 452 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (July 2009) shows a C (score 75), near the top of the C band. The latest certificate is from July 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Held since October 2009 — that's 17 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale fell during the post-crash dip, which often skews comparisons against later neighbouring sales. Across 1998–2009, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £242,000 sits 86.2% above the 2009 sale of £130,000. At 42 m² it's 29.2% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (59 m² median across 24 EPCs). 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms1
Outside
- Private gardenYes
Building
- Central heatingYes
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Energy performance
6 Dovecote 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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 02 Jul 2019
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Planning history
6 Dovecote Road has no planning applications on record.
But the area is active
6 notable applications nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
Sales history & valuation
6 Dovecote Road has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 1998.
£242,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.6% per year over 11 years.
£130,000
Growth on file: 7.6% per year over 11 years.
Sales timeline
26 October 2009Most recent
£130,000
+4.0%over 5 years8 September 2004
£124,950
+21.9%over 2 years22 November 2001
£102,500
+81.4%over 3 years17 May 1998
£56,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in RG2 8UJ: £330,000 (2025–2022).
Versus other Dovecote Road homes
On floor area, 6 Dovecote Road runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,098
Street avg £4,129
Floor Area
42 m²
Street avg 70 m²
Habitable Rooms
2 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
1.8 t/year
Street avg 2.9 t/year
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Crime
6/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Engineers Court — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
Geoffrey Field Junior School. 17 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
57.1dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
48.1dB