48 Prospect Street, Caversham, Reading, RG4 8JL
About 48 Prospect Street
48 Prospect Street is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Caversham, Reading, Reading (RG4 8JL). It has a recorded floor area of 60 m² (around 646 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (February 2022) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
Held since September 1998 — that's 28 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 60 m² it's 18.4% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (74 m² median across 8 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £270,000 sits 229.3% above the 1998 sale of £82,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£127/sq ft) was about 44.5% below the postcode norm.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms2
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Energy performance
48 Prospect Street sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
48 Prospect Street has no planning applications on record.
But the area is active
6 notable applications nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
Sales history & valuation
48 Prospect Street's estimated value is more than triple its earliest registered sale price (1998).
£270,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£82,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
28 September 1998Most recent
£82,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in RG4 8JL: £203,000 (2021–2006).
Nearby sales in RG4 8JL
50 Prospect Street, Caversham, Reading, RG4 8JL
Sold Jun 2021
£301,10042 Prospect Street, Caversham, Reading, RG4 8JL
Sold Sept 2018
£287,00052a, Prospect Street, Caversham, Reading, RG4 8JL
Sold Aug 2014
£179,00044 Prospect Street, Caversham, Reading, RG4 8JL
Sold Aug 2006
£181,50032 Prospect Street, Caversham, Reading, RG4 8JL
Sold May 2005
£170,000
Versus other Prospect Street homes
48 Prospect Street is notably below the street on epc rating.
EPC Rating
50 (E)
Street avg 69 (D)
Floor Area
60 m²
Street avg 55 m²
CO₂ Emissions
5.9 t/year
Street avg 2.4 t/year
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 3 rooms
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.0 km
Prospect Street — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Thameside Primary School. 27 schools nearby.
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A Local Area report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
50.8dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.5dB