8 Oak Avenue is a three-bedroom mid-terrace house in Wokingham (RG40 1LH). It has a recorded floor area of 125 m² (around 1345 sq ft). The latest certificate (January 2019) returns a high B (score 86), putting the home a stone's throw from an A rating. The recommended improvements would push it to A (score 95).
Sale prices here have outpaced Wokingham HPI: 1.6% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £502,000 is 11.6% above the 2022 sale price. At 125 m² the property is well over the postcode median (76 m² across 35 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Most recent transfer: January 2022 at £450,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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8 Oak Avenue's carbon output is low for the local stock.
8 Oak Avenue has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
Householder application for the erection of an outbuilding for storage, following demolition of existing outbuilding (part retrospective).
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The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£502,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 1.6% per year over 3 years.
£450,000
Growth on file: 1.6% per year over 3 years.
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
8 Oak Avenue is notably below the street on price per m².
Price per m²
£3,600
Street avg £4,010
Floor Area
125 m²
Street avg 121 m²
CO₂ Emissions
1.4 t/year
Street avg 1.4 t/year
Reported crime in the wider district is trending notably upward year-on-year.
Crime
6/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km

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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Householder application for the proposed single storey rear extension plus changes to fenestration.
7 January 2022Most recent
£450,000
+4.7%over 2 years31 January 2019
£430,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in RG40 1LH: £520,000 (2023–2022).

Years Held
4 years
Street avg 5 years
RG40 1EZ
Coppid Beech Park & Ride — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
King's Academy Oakwood. 17 schools nearby.
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