5 Bird Wood Court, Sonning Common, Reading, RG4 9RF
About 5 Bird Wood Court
5 Bird Wood Court is a five-bedroom detached house in Sonning Common, Reading, Reading (RG4 9RF). It has a recorded floor area of 199 m² (around 2145 sq ft) and council tax band G. The latest certificate (November 2009) shows a D (score 56), a step below the typical UK home. The latest certificate is from November 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Held since December 2009 — that's 16 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale fell during the post-crash dip, which often skews comparisons against later neighbouring sales. At 199 m² the property is well over the postcode median (117 m² across 4 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Across 2001–2009, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £958,000 is 29.5% above the 2009 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£345/sq ft) was about 36.4% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms5
- Dining roomYes
- EnsuiteYes
- StudyYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- GarageDouble
Energy performance
5 Bird Wood Court's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 10 Nov 2019
EPC Rating
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Planning history
5 Bird Wood Court has been extended on multiple sides of the property across separate planning applications.
2 applications on record at 5 Bird Wood Court, Sonning Common, Reading, RG4 9RF
- Oct 2008ExtensionOutcome in report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Single storey extension to rear of garage.
- Documents
- 7 docs on file
- Reference
- P08/E0917
- More recent applications — locked
- ExtensionMar 2011Decision
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Sales history & valuation
5 Bird Wood Court saw 3 transfers in just over a decade — high turnover for the postcode.
£958,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.9% per year over 8 years.
£740,000
Growth on file: 5.9% per year over 8 years.
Sales timeline
18 December 2009Most recent
£740,000
-3.9%over 2 years29 January 2007
£770,000
+68.3%over 5 years30 July 2001
£457,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in RG4 9RF: £580,000 (2021–2012).
Nearby sales in RG4 9RF
9 Bird Wood Court, Sonning Common, Reading, RG4 9RF
Sold Nov 2021
£1,000,0002 Bird Wood Court, Sonning Common, Reading, RG4 9RF
Sold Mar 2021
£580,0008 Bird Wood Court, Sonning Common, Reading, RG4 9RF
Sold Oct 2012
£535,00012 Bird Wood Court, Sonning Common, Reading, RG4 9RF
Sold May 2004
£410,0003 Bird Wood Court, Sonning Common, Reading, RG4 9RF
Sold Nov 2001
£295,000
Versus other Bird Wood Court homes
EPC Rating for 5 Bird Wood Court lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,714
Street avg £5,654
Floor Area
199 m²
Street avg 127 m²
Habitable Rooms
9 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
10.0 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
0.1 km
Bird Wood Court — bus stop.
Closest school
0.7 km
Sonning Common Primary School. 4 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.5dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.1dB







