24 Rectory Road is a four-bedroom detached house in Wokingham (RG40 1DH). It has a recorded floor area of 189 m² (around 2034 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (April 2023) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 77). Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe, outbuildings and attached land beyond the plot. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.
Sale prices here have outpaced Wokingham HPI: 4.6% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£639/sq ft) was about 73.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 189 m² the property is well over the postcode median (71 m² across 13 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2024. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Sold March 2024 for £1,300,000.
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24 Rectory Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Extension: Part single, part two storey · Side and rear of property
Householder application for proposed erection of a two storey front/side extension, part single part two storey side/rear extension, installation of a canopy roof over the existing front porch, along with changes to fenestration following demolition of the existing single storey side extension, plus removal of the rear east chimney, replacement of pitched roof over the existing attached garage and render finish to entire dwelling.
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24 Rectory Road has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 2008.
£1,262,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.6% per year over 16 years.
£1,300,000
Growth on file: 4.6% per year over 16 years.
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What we flagged
24 Rectory Road outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
60 (D)
Street avg 64 (D)
Floor Area
189 m²
Street avg 121 m²
CO₂ Emissions
7.3 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
Rectory Road — bus stop.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
53.6dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
7 March 2024Most recent
£1,300,000
+108.0%over 16 years18 January 2008
£625,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in RG40 1DH: £430,000 (2020–1996).

Street avg 4.9 t/year
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
RG40 1DZ
Closest school
0.6 km
Wescott Infant School. 19 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
45.1dB