Colburn House is a detached house in Wokingham (RG40 1AU). It has a recorded floor area of 71 m² (around 763 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (September 2009) shows an E (score 43), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The latest certificate is from September 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 71 m² it's 27.9% larger than the typical home in the postcode (55 m² median across 24 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 5 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include subdivision and change of use to residential, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations.
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Colburn House sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 01 Sept 2019
Council records show a subdivision application — the property's legal arrangement has been altered.
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Colburn House has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£296,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
Colburn House is notably below the street on epc rating.
EPC Rating
43 (E)
Street avg 69 (D)
Floor Area
71 m²
Street avg 55 m²
CO₂ Emissions
6.4 t/year
Street avg 2.7 t/year
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.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
53.5dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Application for a non-material amendment to planning consent F/2012/2508 and LB/2012/2165 to allow alterations to the basement plan.
Proposed change of use of building to convert one flat into three flats on the ground floor level and four office suites to be converted to 3 flats on forst floor level with second floor residential flat being retained with a new self contained entrance.
Median price across the last 5 sales in RG40 1AU: £380,000 (2022–2006).

Habitable Rooms
2 rooms
Street avg 2 rooms
RG40 1LH
Closest school
0.5 km
St Teresa's Catholic Academy. 19 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
44.7dB