17 Bishops Drive is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Wokingham (RG40 1WA). It has a recorded floor area of 60 m² (around 646 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (January 2020) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. Earlier certificates rated it C (November 2008); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting dropped from Very Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 2-band jump.
Sale prices here have outpaced Wokingham HPI: 4.9% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £384,000 is 17.3% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£507/sq ft) was about 78.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 60 m² it sits well below the postcode median (97 m² across 41 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Last sale on file: £327,500 in July 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
17 Bishops Drive has no planning applications on record.
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17 Bishops Drive has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 1999.
£384,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.9% per year over 23 years.
£327,500
Growth on file: 4.9% per year over 23 years.
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Habitable Rooms for 17 Bishops Drive lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£5,458
Street avg £4,472
Floor Area
60 m²
Street avg 101 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 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
53.5dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
4 July 2022Most recent
£327,500
+119.8%over 20 years10 May 2002
£149,000
+35.5%over 2 years13 August 1999
£109,950
Median price across the last 5 sales in RG40 1WA: £582,500 (2025–2024).

CO₂ Emissions
2.9 t/year
Street avg 3.6 t/year
RG40 1EQ
Crutchley Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
All Saints Church of England Primary School. 19 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
45.9dB