Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
130 Galsworthy Drive is a semi-detached house in Caversham, Reading, Reading (RG4 6QJ). It has a recorded floor area of 121 m² (around 1302 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (December 2013) shows a D (score 64), 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 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Held since June 1996 — that's 30 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 121 m² the property is well over the postcode median (92 m² across 24 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £374,000 sits 462.4% above the 1996 sale of £66,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£51/sq ft) was about 73.6% below the postcode norm.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 12 Dec 2023
Certificate validity
Expired on 12 December 2023
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130 Galsworthy Drive's modelled value sits at over four times its earliest registered sale price (1996).
£374,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£66,500
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
13 June 1996Most recent
£66,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in RG4 6QJ: £417,500 (2025–2023).
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Sold Jul 2025
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Sold Sept 2024
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Sold Apr 2024
156 Galsworthy Drive, Caversham, Reading, RG4 6QJ
Sold Mar 2024
164 Galsworthy Drive, Caversham, Reading, RG4 6QJ
Sold Aug 2023
130 Galsworthy Drive is notably below the street on price per m².
Price per m²
£550
Street avg £3,386
Floor Area
121 m²
Street avg 106 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.6 t/year
Street avg 4.4 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
Milestone Centre — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Caversham Park Primary School. 11 schools nearby.
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