9 Balliol Road, Caversham, Reading, RG4 7DT
About 9 Balliol Road
9 Balliol Road is a four-bedroom detached house in Caversham, Reading, Reading (RG4 7DT). It has a recorded floor area of 163 m² (around 1757 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (June 2011) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 65). The latest certificate is from June 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. It has already been extended once and our model flags further extension potential, a sign of buyer flexibility. The home occupies a corner plot and a cul-de-sac position.
6 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 163 m² it's 20% 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 2007–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.1% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£649/sq ft) was about 103.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: August 2022 at £1,140,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms3
- Dining roomYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- Corner plotYes
- Cul-de-sacYes
Building
- Previously extendedYes
- RefurbishedYes
- Extension potentialPossible
Energy performance
9 Balliol Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 12 Jun 2021
EPC Rating
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Planning history
9 Balliol Road has 2 separate extension applications on the council record.
6 applications on record at 9 Balliol Road, Caversham, Reading, RG4 7DT
- Mar 2002PorchFullOutcome in report
Front porch
Extension- Reference
- PL/02/1142
- More recent applications — locked
- ExtensionNov 2007Decision
- ExtensionNov 2007Decision
+ 3 more applications in the report
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 9 Balliol Road was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£1,187,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.1% per year over 16 years.
£1,140,000
Growth on file: 4.1% per year over 16 years.
Sales timeline
23 August 2022Most recent
£1,140,000
+75.4%over 11 years11 August 2011
£650,000
+5.7%over 4 years16 February 2007
£615,000
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
£885,0007 Balliol Road, Caversham, Reading, RG4 7DT
Sold Feb 2021
£830,0006 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
9 Balliol Road outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£6,982
Street avg £3,632
Floor Area
163 m²
Street avg 205 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 8 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
8.4 t/year
Street avg 7.8 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







