4 Bishops Drive is a three-bedroom detached house in Wokingham (RG40 1WA). It has a recorded floor area of 109 m² (around 1173 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (October 2020) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump.
Sale prices here have outpaced Wokingham HPI: 6.6% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£507/sq ft) was about 77.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold June 2021 for £595,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. One planning record on file: a garage conversion approved in 2015. Past consents include a garage conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
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Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
Householder application for proposed part conversion of garage to habitable accomodation.
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4 Bishops Drive has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1996.
£626,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.6% per year over 25 years.
£595,000
Growth on file: 6.6% per year over 25 years.
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What we flagged
On co₂ emissions, 4 Bishops Drive runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£5,459
Street avg £4,472
Floor Area
109 m²
Street avg 100 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 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
11 June 2021Most recent
£595,000
+83.1%over 10 years18 March 2011
£325,000
+36.8%over 8 years2 August 2002
£237,500
+97.9%over 6 years28 June 1996
£120,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in RG40 1WA: £582,500 (2025–2024).

CO₂ Emissions
4.5 t/year
Street avg 3.6 t/year
RG40 1RH
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