12 Banbury Gardens, Caversham, Reading, RG4 5HX
About 12 Banbury Gardens
12 Banbury Gardens is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Caversham, Reading, Reading (RG4 5HX). It has a recorded floor area of 106 m² (around 1141 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (December 2015) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from December 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include outbuildings. Period features are noted in the property record. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history. The home occupies a corner plot.
2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a garage conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 106 m² it's 21.8% larger than the typical home in the postcode (87 m² median across 5 EPCs). Across 2002–2023, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.5% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£456/sq ft) was about 68.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: July 2023 at £520,000.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms1
- Dining roomYes
Outside
- DrivewayYes
- OutbuildingsYes
- Corner plotYes
Building
- Period featuresYes
- Previously extendedYes
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 10 Dec 2025
EPC Rating
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Planning history
2 applications on record at 12 Banbury Gardens, Caversham, Reading, RG4 5HX
- Jul 2006Garage ConversionFullOutcome in report
Extension: Single storey · Side of property
Single storey side extension and garage conversion
Extension- Documents
- 4 docs on file
- Reference
- PL/06/0682
- More recent applications — locked
- Garage ConversionJul 2006Decision
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Sales history & valuation
12 Banbury Gardens has more than tripled in price since its earliest registered sale in 2002.
£553,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.5% per year over 21 years.
£520,000
Growth on file: 5.5% per year over 21 years.
Sales timeline
10 July 2023Most recent
£520,000
+20.9%over 7 years12 April 2016
£430,000
+157.6%over 13 years25 April 2002
£166,950
Median price across the last 5 sales in RG4 5HX: £360,000 (2025–2013).
Nearby sales in RG4 5HX
3 Banbury Gardens, Caversham, Reading, RG4 5HX
Sold Aug 2025
£545,00010 Banbury Gardens, Caversham, Reading, RG4 5HX
Sold Dec 2022
£430,0006 Banbury Gardens, Caversham, Reading, RG4 5HX
Sold Sept 2020
£360,0005 Banbury Gardens, Caversham, Reading, RG4 5HX
Sold Feb 2011
£250,0009 Banbury Gardens, Caversham, Reading, RG4 5HX
Sold Jun 2010
£284,950
Versus other Banbury Gardens homes
12 Banbury Gardens outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,906
Street avg £4,409
Floor Area
106 m²
Street avg 86 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.1 t/year
Street avg 5.0 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
0.1 km
Chiltern Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
Micklands Primary School. 26 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.4dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.0dB







