40 Elms Road is a semi-detached house in Wokingham (RG40 2AA). It has a recorded floor area of 50 m² (around 538 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band C. At 50 m² this is the 5th smallest of 33 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 46–119 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to C across 33 units on file. The latest certificate (August 2013) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 70). Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from August 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Sale prices here have outpaced Wokingham HPI: 4.9% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £242,000 is 10% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£409/sq ft) was about 79% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £220,000 in November 2022. 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. At 50 m² it's 17.6% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (61 m² median across 32 EPCs).
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40 Elms Road'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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 30 Aug 2023
40 Elms Road has no planning applications on record.
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40 Elms Road has more than tripled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1998.
£242,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.9% per year over 24 years.
£220,000
Growth on file: 4.9% per year over 24 years.
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Price per m² for 40 Elms Road runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£4,400
Street avg £2,950
Floor Area
50 m²
Street avg 61 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
6/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Broad Street — bus stop.

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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
28 November 2022Most recent
£220,000
19 January 2017
£220,000
+91.3%over 15 years10 April 2001
£115,000
+65.5%over 2 years30 October 1998
£69,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in RG40 2AA: £230,000 (2024–2022).

Street avg 3 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.7 t/year
Street avg 3.2 t/year
RG40 2LJ
Closest school
0.6 km
St Teresa's Catholic Academy. 19 schools nearby.
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