37 Broad Street is a five-bedroom semi-detached house in Wokingham (RG40 1AU). It has a recorded floor area of 208 m² (around 2239 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (August 2022) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in February 2010 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump. Period features are noted in the property record.
Sale prices here have outpaced Wokingham HPI: 2.2% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£402/sq ft) was about 107.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 208 m² the property is well over the postcode median (55 m² across 24 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 11 planning records sit against the property, 6 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include an extension, a basement excavation and change of use to residential, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. Last sale on file: £900,000 in November 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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37 Broad Street's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Council records show a subdivision application — the property's legal arrangement has been altered.
Part single, part two storey · Rear of property
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The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£886,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 2.2% per year over 7 years.
£900,000
Growth on file: 2.2% per year over 7 years.
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Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
6/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.0 km
Broad Street — bus stop.

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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Hot water efficiency decreased
Windows upgraded, improving insulation
More low energy lighting installed
Application for Listed Building Consent for the proposed erection of part single, part two-storey rear extension, basement extension, plus internal re-configuration and changes to fenestration.
Extension: Part single, part two storey · Rear of property
Householder application for the proposed erection of part single, part two-storey rear extension, basement extension, plus internal re-configuration and changes to fenestration.
11 November 2022Most recent
£900,000
+17.6%over 7 years26 June 2015
£765,000
Median price across the last 4 sales in RG40 1AU: £267,250 (2020–2005).

RG40 1DZ
Closest school
0.5 km
St Teresa's Catholic Academy. 19 schools nearby.
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