18 Buttercup Close is a three-bedroom detached house in Wokingham (RG40 1QZ). It has a recorded floor area of 86 m² (around 928 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (August 2011) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 69). The latest certificate is from August 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.
Sale prices here have outpaced Wokingham HPI: 4.4% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £572,000 is 16.7% above the 2020 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£528/sq ft) was about 78.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 86 m² it sits well below the postcode median (142 m² across 12 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2013. Past consents include an extension and a garage conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last sale on file: £490,000 in November 2020.
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18 Buttercup Close's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 18 Aug 2021
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
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18 Buttercup Close has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 2000.
£572,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.4% per year over 21 years.
£490,000
Growth on file: 4.4% per year over 21 years.
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On floor area, 18 Buttercup Close runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£5,682
Street avg £4,498
Floor Area
86 m²
Street avg 135 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 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
Proposed single storey rear extension and conversion of garage to form habitable accommodation to dwelling.
20 November 2020Most recent
£490,000
+60.7%over 8 years25 May 2012
£305,000
+52.5%over 12 years16 February 2000
£199,950
Median price across the last 5 sales in RG40 1QZ: £727,500 (2024–2021).

Street avg 8 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.1 t/year
Street avg 5.3 t/year
RG40 1PN
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