16 Buttercup Close is a five-bedroom detached house in Wokingham (RG40 1QZ). It has a recorded floor area of 166 m² (around 1787 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (July 2021) shows a C (score 73). The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 82). Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.
2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include a loft conversion and an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 166 m² it's 21.6% larger than the typical home in the postcode (137 m² median across 12 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 75% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £848,000 is 10.1% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£431/sq ft) was about 45.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: June 2022 at £770,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Proposed front dormer extensions to dwelling to form rooms in loft space with velux windows to rear.
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The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£848,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£770,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
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What we flagged
16 Buttercup Close outperforms the street on epc rating by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,639
Street avg £4,585
Floor Area
166 m²
Street avg 129 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
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

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
58.6dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What will this home really cost to run?
The EPC's recommended upgrades and their estimated cost, in the full report
Extension: Single storey · Side of property
Proposed single storey side extension to dwelling. Demolition of existing garage and erection of a replacement detached single garage.
24 June 2022Most recent
£770,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in RG40 1QZ: £727,500 (2024–2021).

Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.7 t/year
Street avg 5.2 t/year
RG40 1DZ
The Plough — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
Floreat Montague Park Primary School. 19 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
50.8dB