20 Chester Street, Caversham, Reading, RG4 8JH
About 20 Chester Street
20 Chester Street is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Caversham, Reading, Reading (RG4 8JH). It has a recorded floor area of 96 m² (around 1033 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (October 2021) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 73), a 2-band jump. Period features are noted in the property record.
4 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 96 m² it's 20.8% larger than the typical home in the postcode (80 m² median across 22 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 77% of similar EPCs). Across 1999–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.9% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£508/sq ft) was about 93.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold March 2022 for £525,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms1
- Open-plan layoutYes
Outside
- Private gardenSouth-facing
Building
- Central heatingYes
- Period featuresYes
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Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
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Planning history
A a single-storey rear extension application was refused at 20 Chester Street in 2022.
4 applications on record at 20 Chester Street, Caversham, Reading, RG4 8JH
- Jul 2022ExtensionOutlineOutcome in report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Rear extension measuring 5.0m in depth, with a maximum height of 3.8m,and 3.0m in height to eaves level. Notification of the construction ofan extension under class A Part 1 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015.
- Documents
- 3 docs on file
- Reference
- PL/22/0917
- More recent applications — locked
- ExtensionOct 2022Decision
- ExtensionOct 2022Decision
+ 1 more application in the report
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Sales history & valuation
20 Chester Street has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1999.
£494,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.9% per year over 23 years.
£525,000
Growth on file: 6.9% per year over 23 years.
Sales timeline
30 March 2022Most recent
£525,000
+224.1%over 21 years27 April 2000
£162,000
+40.9%over 9 months5 August 1999
£115,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in RG4 8JH: £425,000 (2025–2022).
Nearby sales in RG4 8JH
33 Chester Street, Caversham, Reading, RG4 8JH
Sold Jan 2025
£395,00025 Chester Street, Caversham, Reading, RG4 8JH
Sold Dec 2022
£401,60015 Chester Street, Caversham, Reading, RG4 8JH
Sold Nov 2022
£425,00022 Chester Street, Caversham, Reading, RG4 8JH
Sold Aug 2022
£590,0002 Chester Street, Caversham, Reading, RG4 8JH
Sold Aug 2022
£470,000
Versus other Chester Street homes
On habitable rooms, 20 Chester Street stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£5,469
Street avg £3,986
Floor Area
96 m²
Street avg 84 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.7 t/year
Street avg 5.4 t/year
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Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Prospect Street — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Thameside Primary School. 27 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
51.1dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.7dB