28 Rectory Road is a four-bedroom detached house in Wokingham (RG40 1DN). It has a recorded floor area of 175 m² (around 1884 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (May 2022) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (June 2017); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 80), a 2-band jump. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.
Held since April 2007 — that's 19 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. Sale prices here have outpaced Wokingham HPI: 10% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £949,000 sits 59.5% above the 2007 sale of £595,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£316/sq ft) was about 22.3% below the postcode norm. At 175 m² the property is well over the postcode median (72 m² across 7 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2000. Past consents include an extension and a basement excavation, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
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28 Rectory Road sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
Council records include a two-storey side extension at 28 Rectory Road.
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28 Rectory Road's estimated value is more than triple its earliest registered sale price (2000).
£949,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 10.0% per year over 7 years.
£595,000
Growth on file: 10.0% per year over 7 years.
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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
0.2 km
Harding Place — bus stop.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
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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
More low energy lighting installed
Extension: Two storey · Side of property
Proposed two storey side extension to dwelling with cellar under.
16 April 2007Most recent
£595,000
+98.3%over 7 years11 February 2000
£300,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in RG40 1DN: £331,000 (2023–2016).

RG40 1ET
Closest school
0.5 km
Wescott Infant School. 19 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
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