39b, St Peters Avenue, Caversham, Reading, RG4 7DH
About 39b
39b is a detached house in Caversham, Reading, Reading (RG4 7DH). It has a recorded floor area of 165 m² (around 1776 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (May 2021) shows a D (score 59), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 78).
At 165 m² the property is well over the postcode median (89 m² across 28 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 tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £1,295,000 is 17.7% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£619/sq ft) was about 95.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: October 2021 at £1,100,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Energy performance
39b's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
Planning history at 39b is exclusively tree-management applications — typical for a property with mature trees on or near the plot.
2 applications on record at 39b, St Peters Avenue, Caversham, Reading, RG4 7DH
- Dec 2015Tree WorksTreesOutcome in report
Tree 1, cut back two branches at low level. Trees 2 and 3, cut back branches to boundary. Trees 4 and 5, fell.
- Documents
- 2 docs on file
- Reference
- PL/15/2130
- More recent applications — locked
- Tree WorksDec 2015Decision
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£1,295,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£1,100,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
24 October 2021Most recent
£1,100,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in RG4 7DH: £450,000 (2025–2019).
Nearby sales in RG4 7DH
62 St Peters Avenue, Caversham, Reading, RG4 7DH
Sold Jan 2025
£1,350,000Holly House, 6, 41 St Peters Avenue, Caversham, Reading, RG4 7DH
Sold Jul 2024
£450,000Oakham House, Flat 4, 58 St Peters Avenue, Caversham, Reading, RG4 7DH
Sold Jan 2023
£400,000Holly House, 5, 41 St Peters Avenue, Caversham, Reading, RG4 7DH
Sold Oct 2022
£450,00052 St Peters Avenue, Caversham, Reading, RG4 7DH
Sold Mar 2019
£1,498,000
Versus other St Peters Avenue homes
On price per m², 39b stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£6,667
Street avg £4,482
Floor Area
165 m²
Street avg 158 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.0 t/year
Street avg 7.0 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
0.2 km
Highmoor Road Church — bus stop.
Closest school
0.7 km
River Academy. 24 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.4dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.7dB







