8 Erica Drive is a five-bedroom detached house in Wokingham (RG40 2DU). It has a recorded floor area of 235 m² (around 2530 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (April 2021) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. When first surveyed in September 2020 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Average to Good and roof efficiency went from Poor to Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Average and lighting dropped from Very Good to Average. Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot.
Sale prices here have outpaced Wokingham HPI: 5.6% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £1,460,000 is 20.2% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£480/sq ft) was about 26.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 235 m² it's 15.8% larger than the typical home in the postcode (203 m² median across 8 EPCs). 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. Last sale on file: £1,215,000 in April 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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8 Erica Drive's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
8 Erica Drive has no planning applications on record.
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8 Erica Drive has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1995.
£1,460,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.6% per year over 25 years.
£1,215,000
Growth on file: 5.6% per year over 25 years.
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Floor Area for 8 Erica Drive runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£5,170
Street avg £4,931
Floor Area
235 m²
Street avg 215 m²
Habitable Rooms
9 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
0.6 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
46.5dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Hot water system changed
Wall insulation upgraded
Roof insulation improved
Low energy lighting percentage decreased
9 April 2021Most recent
£1,215,000
+302.3%over 25 years30 November 1995
£302,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in RG40 2DU: £1,100,000 (2022–2014).

Street avg 10 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.3 t/year
Street avg 6.8 t/year
RG40 2EQ
Waterloo Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
St Teresa's Catholic Academy. 19 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.7dB