1 George Close, Caversham, Reading, RG4 5EW
About 1 George Close
1 George Close is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Caversham, Reading, Reading (RG4 5EW). It has a recorded floor area of 126 m² (around 1356 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2007-2011 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (December 2020) shows a C (score 78), near the top of the C band. The rating has held steady at C across 2 certificates since May 2010. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and main heating dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 87). Period features are noted in the property record. The home occupies a corner plot.
At 126 m² the property is well over the postcode median (78 m² across 11 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. One planning record on file: tree works approved in 2020. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2005–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.6% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£483/sq ft) was about 36.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £655,000 in April 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
Outside
- Private gardenRear
- ParkingOff road
- Corner plotYes
Building
- Central heatingYes
- Period featuresYes
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Hot water efficiency decreased
More low energy lighting installed
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Planning history
1 application on record at 1 George Close, Caversham, Reading, RG4 5EW
- Oct 2020Tree WorksOutcome in report
T1 Scots Pine - Remove 1 x stem back to source.
- Documents
- 6 docs on file
- Reference
- 201394
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£711,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 3.6% per year over 16 years.
£655,000
Growth on file: 3.6% per year over 16 years.
Sales timeline
19 April 2021Most recent
£655,000
+52.3%over 7 years17 January 2014
£430,000
+16.2%over 8 years8 May 2005
£370,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in RG4 5EW: £660,000 (2025–2019).
Nearby sales in RG4 5EW
11 George Close, Caversham, Reading, RG4 5EW
Sold Jan 2025
£660,00014 George Close, Caversham, Reading, RG4 5EW
Sold Jul 2022
£660,00010 George Close, Caversham, Reading, RG4 5EW
Sold Oct 2021
£1,000,0006 George Close, Caversham, Reading, RG4 5EW
Sold Feb 2021
£367,5003 George Close, Caversham, Reading, RG4 5EW
Sold Sept 2019
£305,000
Versus other George Close homes
On epc rating, 1 George Close stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£5,198
Street avg £5,102
Floor Area
126 m²
Street avg 141 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
2.8 t/year
Street avg 4.0 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.3 km
Chiltern Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
Micklands Primary School. 20 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.0dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.4dB







