Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
7 Fishers Cottages is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Emmer Green, Reading, Reading (RG4 8SF). It has a recorded floor area of 80 m² (around 861 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (November 2020) shows a D (score 56), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in June 2016 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include a loft. Period features are noted in the property record. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.
At 80 m² the property is well over the postcode median (58 m² across 5 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 1999–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £370,000 is 16.5% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£369/sq ft) was about 57.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £317,500 in April 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
Certificate validity
Valid until 21 November 2030
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Single glazing replaced with double or better glazing
More low energy lighting installed
Get a survey for this property
Because the property was built before 1919 and has solid (non-cavity) walls, we believe a Level 3 building survey should be considered.
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7 Fishers Cottages 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.
Latest sale on 7 Fishers Cottages was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£370,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.2% per year over 22 years.
£317,500
Growth on file: 5.2% per year over 22 years.
28 April 2021Most recent
£317,500
+0.8%over 4 years28 November 2016
£315,000
+200.0%over 17 years20 June 1999
£105,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in RG4 8SF: £235,000 (2023–2012).
11 Fishers Cottages, Kidmore End Road, Emmer Green, Reading, RG4 8SF
Sold Dec 2023
3 Fishers Cottages, Kidmore End Road, Emmer Green, Reading, RG4 8SF
Sold Sept 2015
17 Fishers Cottages, Kidmore End Road, Emmer Green, Reading, RG4 8SF
Sold Feb 2014
19 Fishers Cottages, Kidmore End Road, Emmer Green, Reading, RG4 8SF
Sold Apr 2012
15 Fishers Cottages, Kidmore End Road, Emmer Green, Reading, RG4 8SF
Sold Dec 2011
Floor Area for 7 Fishers Cottages runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,969
Street avg £4,183
Floor Area
80 m²
Street avg 59 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 3 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.6 t/year
Street avg 3.0 t/year
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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
0.1 km
Cavendish Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Emmer Green Primary School. 12 schools nearby.
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