Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
20 Chester Street, Caversham, Reading, RG4 8JH
3 sales on record4 planning records
Estimated value
£535,000
- Since the 2022 sale (£525,000)+2%
- Against RG4 8JH's recent median (£425,000)+26%
Newest record on this page: January 2025. Land Registry and EPC registers update monthly, so this page can trail them by 2–3 months.
Property type
Semi-detached
Bedrooms
3
Bathroom
1
Floor area
96 m²
1033 sq ft
Energy rating
E
Score 51
Council tax
Band C
Tenure
Owner Occupied
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Our estimate
£535,000
- Against its 2022 sale (£525,000)+2%
- Against RG4 8JH's recent median (£425,000)+26%
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How the estimate is made
The estimate for 20 Chester Street is modelled from its 96 m² EPC floor area, its 3 recorded sales and recent sales of comparable homes in RG4 8JH. It is an automated estimate, not a survey or mortgage valuation: condition, layout and improvements that aren't on record can move the real figure either way.
What it's based on
Floor area
96 m² from the EPC lodged in October 2021
Sales of this home
3 sales recorded, the latest in 2022
Recent sales in RG4 8JH
5 sales, median £425,000 (2025–2022)
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| Data | This page | Full report |
|---|---|---|
| Sales | Latest sale shown: January 2025 | Latest available records, read when you order |
| Valuation | Estimate from the last refresh | Analysed against comparable sales |
| Planning | 1 of 4 applications | Full history, plus nearby schemes |
| Flood risk | Not shown | Included |
Sales history & valuation
Every recorded sale of this home, how its price has moved, and what neighbouring properties have sold for.
20 Chester Street has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1999.
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
What this page doesn't show
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- Signs of HMO activity in the areaIn report
- Flood risk from rivers, sea and surface waterIn report
- Subsidence and ground-stability signalsIn report
- Refusals, enforcement and big schemes nearbyIn report
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About 20 Chester Street
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
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 117.5% 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
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Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms1
- Open-plan layoutYes
Outside
- Private gardenSouth-facing
Building
- Central heatingYes
- Period featuresYes
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Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
Current Certificate
Oct 2021EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
E
E51
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Good
Windows
Very Poor
CO2 Emissions
4.7 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Certificate validity
Valid until 6 October 2031
Planning history
Applications and permits filed against 20 Chester Street, Caversham, Reading, RG4 8JH, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
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
4decisions4extensions14documents6nearby
- 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
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Versus other Chester Street homes
Four headline reads against 20 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
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
The neighbourhood at a glance
A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Reading district page.
Crime
134/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.
Nearest schools
- Thameside Primary SchoolPrimary353m
- St Anne's Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary496m
- Caversham Primary SchoolPrimary545m
- E P Collier Primary SchoolPrimary779m
Nearest stops
- Prospect StreetBus stop80m
- Caversham LibraryBus stop95m
- Church StreetBus stop136m
- Hemdean HillBus stop146m
Most reported crime locally
- Violence & Sexual Offences740 reports34%
- Shoplifting372 reports17%
- Anti-social Behaviour210 reports10%
- Other Theft178 reports8%
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Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around RG4 8JH from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
51.1dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.7dB
55 dB
60 dB
65 dB
70 dB
75 dB
80 dB
Defra Road Noise Strategic Mapping, Round 4
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Where every figure above comes from, how current it is and what it can't tell you.
- How the estimate is made
- The estimate for 20 Chester Street is modelled from its 96 m² EPC floor area, its 3 recorded sales and recent sales of comparable homes in RG4 8JH. It is an automated estimate, not a survey or mortgage valuation: condition, layout and improvements that aren't on record can move the real figure either way.
- Where sold prices come from
- Sold prices are HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, which covers residential sales in England and Wales since 1995. 3 sales are recorded for 20 Chester Street. Sales normally appear two to three months after completion, so the most recent ones take time to show up anywhere.
- Reading the EPC
- Energy Performance Certificates rate homes from A (most efficient) to G and last 10 years. The latest one for 20 Chester Street was lodged in October 2021 at band E and is valid until October 2031. Floor area, heating and insulation details on this page come from it.
- Planning records
- Planning applications are collected from local authority registers through PlanIt. 4 applications are matched to 20 Chester Street. Councils sometimes file applications under a different address format, and applications on neighbouring land aren't listed here; the report covers both.
- Area figures
- Crime is police-recorded street-level data over the last 16 months, which places each incident at an approximate point. The 27 schools and 30 stops listed are measured in a straight line from RG4 8JH, not by walking route. Road noise is Defra's strategic noise modelling, averaged across the postcode.
- Council tax band
- 20 Chester Street is in council tax band C. Bands are set by the Valuation Office Agency from historic values (1 April 1991 in England, 1 April 2003 in Wales), not today's price; the amount you pay depends on the council's rate for the band.
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