12 Derby Road, Caversham, Reading, RG4 5EY
About 12 Derby Road
12 Derby Road is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Caversham, Reading, Reading (RG4 5EY). It has a recorded floor area of 76 m² (around 818 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (February 2015) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from February 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Period features are noted in the property record. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.
At 76 m² the property is well over the postcode median (50 m² across 57 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: £401,000 in August 2024. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 2015–2024, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.6% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£490/sq ft) was about 122.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms2
- Bathrooms1
- Open-plan layoutYes
Outside
- ParkingYes
- Cul-de-sacYes
Building
- Period featuresYes
Energy performance
12 Derby Road sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 12 Feb 2025
EPC Rating
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Planning history
Planning history at 12 Derby Road is exclusively tree-management applications — typical for a property with mature trees on or near the plot.
2 applications on record at 12 Derby Road, Caversham, Reading, RG4 5EY
- Oct 2022Tree WorksTreesOutcome in report
Lawson cypress - TPO 155/06. Crown lift spruce tree to a height of approx. 6m from the floor.
- Documents
- 1 doc on file
- Reference
- PL/22/1268
- More recent applications — locked
- Tree WorksOct 2022Decision
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 12 Derby Road was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£401,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 3.6% per year over 9 years.
£401,000
Growth on file: 3.6% per year over 9 years.
Sales timeline
20 August 2024Most recent
£401,000
+14.6%over 3 years2 June 2021
£350,000
+2.9%over 1 year10 January 2020
£340,000
+18.1%over 4 years29 April 2015
£288,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in RG4 5EY: £280,000 (2021–2014).
Nearby sales in RG4 5EY
Appleby House, Flat 3, 6 Derby Road, Caversham, Reading, RG4 5EY
Sold Jun 2021
£280,000Appleby House, Flat 1, 6 Derby Road, Caversham, Reading, RG4 5EY
Sold Mar 2017
£270,00014 Derby Road, Caversham, Reading, RG4 5EY
Sold Apr 2015
£291,3008a, Derby Road, Caversham, Reading, RG4 5EY
Sold Nov 2014
£335,000Appleby House, Flat 4, 6 Derby Road, Caversham, Reading, RG4 5EY
Sold Oct 2012
£169,000
Versus other Derby Road homes
Floor Area for 12 Derby Road lags the street by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
53 (E)
Street avg 56 (D)
Floor Area
76 m²
Street avg 152 m²
CO₂ Emissions
4.9 t/year
Street avg 7.1 t/year
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
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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
0.2 km
Rufus Isaacs Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
St Anne's Catholic Primary School. 22 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.5dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.8dB







