19 Chester Street, Reading, RG30 1LR
About 19 Chester Street
19 Chester Street is an end-of-terrace house in Reading (RG30 1LR). It has a recorded floor area of 100 m² (around 1076 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (February 2021) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 3-band jump.
At 100 m² the property is well over the postcode median (74 m² across 33 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Last sale on file: £270,000 in May 2021. 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 1997–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.9% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£251/sq ft) was about 33.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
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Energy performance
19 Chester Street sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
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Because the property was built before 1919, has been extended more than once, and has solid (non-cavity) walls, we believe a Level 3 building survey should be considered.
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Planning history
19 Chester Street has no planning applications on record.
But the area is active
3 notable applications nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
Sales history & valuation
Sale price has grown by over 3x since 1997.
£294,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.9% per year over 24 years.
£270,000
Growth on file: 5.9% per year over 24 years.
Sales timeline
25 May 2021Most recent
£270,000
+54.3%over 14 years23 March 2007
£175,000
+27.7%over 5 years2 October 2001
£137,000
+95.7%over 4 years29 September 1997
£70,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in RG30 1LR: £280,000 (2023–2021).
Nearby sales in RG30 1LR
Versus other Chester Street homes
19 Chester Street is notably below the street on epc rating.
Price per m²
£2,700
Street avg £2,708
Floor Area
100 m²
Street avg 86 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.8 t/year
Street avg 3.9 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
4/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Wantage Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Wilson Primary School. 30 schools nearby.
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A Local Area report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
50.2dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.4dB