1 Gravel Hill, Emmer Green, Reading, RG4 8QN
About 1 Gravel Hill
1 Gravel Hill is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Emmer Green, Reading, Reading (RG4 8QN). It has a recorded floor area of 76 m² (around 818 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (August 2014) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from August 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Period features are noted in the property record.
At 76 m² it's 30% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (109 m² median across 12 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 4 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £485,000 is 32.9% above the 2015 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£446/sq ft) was about 23.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last changed hands 11 years ago, in April 2015.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
Building
- Period featuresYes
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
1 Gravel Hill sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 14 Aug 2024
EPC Rating
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Planning history
1 Gravel Hill has 2 separate extension applications on the council record.
4 applications on record at 1 Gravel Hill, Emmer Green, Reading, RG4 8QN
- Mar 2016OutlineOutcome in report
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed building a single storey flat roofed extension using matching bricks to the existing house. And building a wooden shed/workshop 5 mtrs x 5 mtrs at the bottom of the garden.
- Documents
- 5 docs on file
- Reference
- PL/16/0070
- More recent applications — locked
- ExtensionApr 2016Decision
- ExtensionApr 2016Decision
+ 1 more application in the report
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Sales history & valuation
£485,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£365,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
22 April 2015Most recent
£365,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in RG4 8QN: £525,000 (2021–2018).
Nearby sales in RG4 8QN
33 Gravel Hill, Emmer Green, Reading, RG4 8QN
Sold Nov 2021
£630,0001a, Gravel Hill, Emmer Green, Reading, RG4 8QN
Sold Jun 2021
£600,0009 Gravel Hill, Emmer Green, Reading, RG4 8QN
Sold Dec 2020
£525,0007 Gravel Hill, Emmer Green, Reading, RG4 8QN
Sold Aug 2020
£448,00023 Gravel Hill, Emmer Green, Reading, RG4 8QN
Sold Jul 2018
£425,000
Versus other Gravel Hill homes
EPC Rating for 1 Gravel Hill lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,803
Street avg £4,674
Floor Area
76 m²
Street avg 110 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.8 t/year
Street avg 4.7 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
Highdown School — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Highdown School and Sixth Form Centre. 13 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.4dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.2dB







