15 Highdown Avenue, Emmer Green, Reading, RG4 8QT
About 15 Highdown Avenue
15 Highdown Avenue is a semi-detached house in Emmer Green, Reading, Reading (RG4 8QT). It has a recorded floor area of 81 m² (around 872 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (February 2013) shows an E (score 45), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from February 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 81 m² it sits well below the postcode median (132 m² across 8 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £441,000 is 49.2% above the 2013 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£339/sq ft) was about 28% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On the market in May 2013 and unlisted since — roughly 13 years.
Energy performance
15 Highdown Avenue 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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 04 Feb 2023
EPC Rating
Certificate validity
Expired on 4 February 2023
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Planning history
15 Highdown Avenue has 2 separate extension applications on the council record.
2 applications on record at 15 Highdown Avenue, Emmer Green, Reading, RG4 8QT
- Jun 2015ExtensionOutcome in report
Extension: Part single, part two storey · Side and rear of property
Part single storey and part two storey side and rear extensions
- Documents
- 8 docs on file
- Reference
- 141990
- More recent applications — locked
- ExtensionJun 2015Decision
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Sales history & valuation
£441,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£295,500
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
19 May 2013Most recent
£295,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in RG4 8QT: £485,000 (2022–2010).
Nearby sales in RG4 8QT
7 Highdown Avenue, Emmer Green, Reading, RG4 8QT
Sold Dec 2022
£750,00021a, Highdown Avenue, Emmer Green, Reading, RG4 8QT
Sold Feb 2022
£485,00011 Highdown Avenue, Emmer Green, Reading, RG4 8QT
Sold Apr 2016
£530,0009 Highdown Avenue, Emmer Green, Reading, RG4 8QT
Sold Oct 2010
£435,00019 Highdown Avenue, Emmer Green, Reading, RG4 8QT
Sold Sept 2010
£372,000
Versus other Highdown Avenue homes
On epc rating, 15 Highdown Avenue runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,648
Street avg £3,601
Floor Area
81 m²
Street avg 134 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
8.0 t/year
Street avg 5.5 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
134/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.7 km
Highdown School — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
Highdown School and Sixth Form Centre. 13 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.2dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.1dB







