Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
87a is a four-bedroom detached house in Caversham, Reading, Reading (RG4 6DS). It has a recorded floor area of 190 m² (around 2045 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (November 2020) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include outbuildings. Period features are noted in the property record.
At 190 m² the property is well over the postcode median (86 m² across 32 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £987,000 is 26.5% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£381/sq ft) was about 62.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold August 2021 for £780,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
87a's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Certificate validity
Valid until 18 November 2030
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Because the property was built before 1919, has solid (non-cavity) walls, and has permanent outbuildings, we believe a Level 3 building survey should be considered.
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2 applications on record at 87a, Henley Road, Caversham, Reading, RG4 6DS
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Single storey rear conservatory extension and formation of a balcony roof terrace over existing flat roof extension
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The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£987,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£780,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
19 August 2021Most recent
£780,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in RG4 6DS: £475,000 (2025–2018).
101a, Henley Road, Caversham, Reading, RG4 6DS
Sold Apr 2025
Flat 4, 91 Henley Road, Caversham, Reading, RG4 6DS
Sold Sept 2024
83 Henley Road, Caversham, Reading, RG4 6DS
Sold Jun 2022
79 Henley Road, Caversham, Reading, RG4 6DS
Sold Jun 2021
11 Henley Road, Caversham, Reading, RG4 6DS
Sold Mar 2018
Habitable Rooms for 87a runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£4,105
Street avg £4,337
Floor Area
190 m²
Street avg 131 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.0 t/year
Street avg 5.7 t/year
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Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
134/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Rufus Isaacs Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
St Anne's Catholic Primary School. 27 schools nearby.
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