1 Barkhart Gardens is a four-bedroom detached house in Wokingham (RG40 1ET). It has a recorded floor area of 171 m² (around 1841 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (May 2022) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 83). Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history. The home occupies a corner plot.
Sale prices here have outpaced Wokingham HPI: 4.9% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£565/sq ft) was about 104% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Most recent transfer: December 2022 at £1,040,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2025.
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1 Barkhart Gardens ranks among the most efficient homes in the postcode for energy use.
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Latest sale on 1 Barkhart Gardens was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£1,100,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.9% per year over 15 years.
£1,040,000
Growth on file: 4.9% per year over 15 years.
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1 Barkhart Gardens outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£6,082
Street avg £3,265
Floor Area
171 m²
Street avg 165 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
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
Clare Avenue — bus stop.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
53.7dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
15 December 2022Most recent
£1,040,000
+108.0%over 15 years15 October 2007
£499,950
Median price across the last 5 sales in RG40 1ET: £485,000 (2020–2007).

Street avg 8 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.7 t/year
Street avg 9.5 t/year
RG40 1XX
Closest school
0.6 km
The Holt School. 19 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
45.6dB