42 South View Avenue, Caversham, Reading, RG4 5AJ
About 42 South View Avenue
42 South View Avenue is a mid-terrace house in Caversham, Reading, Reading (RG4 5AJ). It has a recorded floor area of 78 m² (around 840 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (April 2014) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from April 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Untraded for 31 years, with the last transfer in January 1995. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £414,000 sits 481.1% above the 1995 sale of £71,250. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£85/sq ft) was about 68.8% below the postcode norm. At 78 m² it's 26.4% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (106 m² median across 18 EPCs).
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
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Planning history
42 South View Avenue has no planning applications on record.
A planning report still maps activity across the surrounding area and reads this property's extension & conversion potential.
Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 42 South View Avenue was the lowest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£414,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£71,250
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
31 January 1995Most recent
£71,250
Median price across the last 5 sales in RG4 5AJ: £542,200 (2025–2023).
Nearby sales in RG4 5AJ
65 South View Avenue, Caversham, Reading, RG4 5AJ
Sold Jan 2025
£492,50062 South View Avenue, Caversham, Reading, RG4 5AJ
Sold Nov 2023
£480,00057 South View Avenue, Caversham, Reading, RG4 5AJ
Sold Nov 2023
£840,00058 South View Avenue, Caversham, Reading, RG4 5AJ
Sold Sept 2023
£542,20030 South View Avenue, Caversham, Reading, RG4 5AJ
Sold Jul 2023
£775,000
Versus other South View Avenue homes
42 South View Avenue is notably below the street on price per m².
Price per m²
£913
Street avg £4,495
Floor Area
78 m²
Street avg 115 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
2.8 t/year
Street avg 5.7 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.3 km
Star Inn — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
St Anne's Catholic Primary School. 28 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
50.0dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.7dB







