16 Goodchild Road is a one-bedroom detached house in Wokingham (RG40 2EN). It has a recorded floor area of 157 m² (around 1690 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (October 2022) shows an E (score 44), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since March 2009. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and roof efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump.
Held since December 2001 — that's 24 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 157 m² the property is well over the postcode median (105 m² across 17 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 76% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £627,000 sits 185% above the 2001 sale of £220,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£130/sq ft) was about 52.6% below the postcode norm.
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16 Goodchild Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
16 Goodchild Road has no planning applications on record.
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16 Goodchild Road valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£627,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£220,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
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16 Goodchild Road is notably below the street on price per m².
Price per m²
£1,401
Street avg £4,240
Floor Area
157 m²
Street avg 114 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 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
0.3 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
52.0dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
More low energy lighting installed
14 December 2001Most recent
£220,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in RG40 2EN: £620,000 (2025–2022).

Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
10.2 t/year
Street avg 5.1 t/year
RG40 2LL
Seaford Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.1 km
Wescott Infant School. 18 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
43.2dB