17 Milton Road is an end-of-terrace house in Wokingham (RG40 1DE). It has a recorded floor area of 46 m² (around 495 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (March 2018) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in May 2010 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 74), a 2-band jump.
At 46 m² it sits well below the postcode median (96 m² across 6 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 4 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, a loft conversion and subdivision, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£909/sq ft) was about 165.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £450,000 in February 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
Council records show a subdivision application — the property's legal arrangement has been altered.
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The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£415,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£450,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
6/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Rectory Road — bus stop.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
53.8dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Changes detected from historical EPC data
More low energy lighting installed
Extension: Single storey · Side and rear of property
Householder application for proposed single storey side and rear extension, plus loft conversion to create habitable accommodation and changes to fenestration.
Extension: Single storey
Householder application for the proposed erection of a single storey side/rear extension and the proposed conversion of existing roof space into habitable accommodation, the insertion of 6 no. rooflights, plus change to fenestration.
1 February 2021Most recent
£450,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in RG40 1DE: £480,000 (2022–2004).

Closest school
0.6 km
The Holt School. 19 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
45.3dB