53a is a mid-terrace house in Wokingham (RG40 1XP). It has a recorded floor area of 88 m² (around 947 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (August 2017) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 3 certificates since November 2012. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and lighting went from Good to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and main heating dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
At 88 m² the property is well over the postcode median (60 m² across 21 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 86% of similar EPCs). 3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include change of use to residential, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations.
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Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
53a has a listed-building consent on record — alterations to a listed property are tightly controlled.
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53a has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£396,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
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What we flagged
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
6/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Osborne Road — bus stop.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
52.9dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Roof insulation improved
More low energy lighting installed
Listed building consent for the proposed relocation of existing entrance door from hallway serving no.53a to exterior rear elevation of building plus replacing entrance door to existing ground floor office with new internal timber door.
Full planning application for proposed change of use of ground floor from offices to residential (to be used as part of the dwelling occupying the upper two floors)- resubmission of F/2014/2570.
Median price across the last 5 sales in RG40 1XP: £215,000 (2025–2022).

Closest school
0.2 km
Wescott Infant School. 18 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
44.2dB