7 Balliol Road, Caversham, Reading, RG4 7DT
About 7 Balliol Road
7 Balliol Road is a four-bedroom detached house in Caversham, Reading, Reading (RG4 7DT). It has a recorded floor area of 168 m² (around 1808 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (July 2017) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 3-band jump. It has already been extended once and our model flags further extension potential, a sign of buyer flexibility.
4 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 168 m² it's 17.6% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (204 m² median across 7 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 71% of similar EPCs). Across 2001–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £936,000 is 12.8% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£459/sq ft) was about 32.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £830,000 in February 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms2
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- GarageDouble, Detached
Building
- Previously extendedYes
- RefurbishedYes
- Extension potentialPossible
Energy performance
7 Balliol Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
7 Balliol Road has 4 separate extension applications on the council record.
4 applications on record at 7 Balliol Road, Caversham, Reading, RG4 7DT
- Nov 2019ExtensionFullOutcome in report
Extension: Single storey · Side of property
First floor side extension for en-suite shower room
- Documents
- 3 docs on file
- Reference
- PL/19/1554
- More recent applications — locked
- ExtensionJan 2022Decision
- ExtensionJan 2022Decision
+ 1 more application in the report
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Sales history & valuation
7 Balliol Road has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 2001.
£936,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 3.9% per year over 19 years.
£830,000
Growth on file: 3.9% per year over 19 years.
Sales timeline
10 February 2021Most recent
£830,000
+109.3%over 19 years17 December 2001
£396,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in RG4 7DT: £740,000 (2023–2011).
Nearby sales in RG4 7DT
4 Balliol Road, Caversham, Reading, RG4 7DT
Sold Nov 2023
£885,0009 Balliol Road, Caversham, Reading, RG4 7DT
Sold Aug 2022
£1,140,0006 Balliol Road, Caversham, Reading, RG4 7DT
Sold Apr 2014
£740,00010 Balliol Road, Caversham, Reading, RG4 7DT
Sold May 2011
£693,0002 Balliol Road, Caversham, Reading, RG4 7DT
Sold Mar 2001
£388,000
Versus other Balliol Road homes
On epc rating, 7 Balliol Road runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£4,940
Street avg £4,041
Floor Area
168 m²
Street avg 205 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 8 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
9.3 t/year
Street avg 7.7 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
0.5 km
Harrogate Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
The Heights Primary School. 22 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.8dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.3dB







