4 Buttercup Close is a three-bedroom detached house in Wokingham (RG40 1QZ). It has a recorded floor area of 100 m² (around 1076 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (May 2019) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 3-band jump.
Sale prices here have outpaced Wokingham HPI: 4.9% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £530,000 is 19.8% above the 2020 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£411/sq ft) was about 28.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 100 m² it's 29.6% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (142 m² median across 12 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Sold November 2020 for £442,500. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include a garage conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
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4 Buttercup Close sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
Extension: Single storey
Proposed erection of first floor side extension to dwelling plus single storey rear extensions and insertion of rooflight in side elevation.
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Sale price has at least doubled since 1999.
£530,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.9% per year over 22 years.
£442,500
Growth on file: 4.9% per year over 22 years.
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4 Buttercup Close is notably below the street on epc rating.
Price per m²
£4,425
Street avg £4,603
Floor Area
100 m²
Street avg 134 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 7 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 convertion of garage to kitchen.
16 November 2020Most recent
£442,500
+35.1%over 12 years30 May 2008
£327,500
+54.5%over 7 years9 February 2001
£212,000
+33.3%over 1 year30 April 1999
£159,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in RG40 1QZ: £727,500 (2024–2021).

CO₂ Emissions
6.1 t/year
Street avg 5.1 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