17 Goodchild Road is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Wokingham (RG40 2EN). It has a recorded floor area of 98 m² (around 1055 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (November 2017) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in November 2014 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Good, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Good; while lighting dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include outbuildings. Period features are noted in the property record.
Sale prices here have outpaced Wokingham HPI: 9.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£569/sq ft) was about 109.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2026. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 98 m² it's 16.9% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (118 m² median across 17 EPCs). Last sale on file: £600,000 in May 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
17 Goodchild Road has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
Single storey · Rear of property
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17 Goodchild Road saw 3 transfers in just over a decade — high turnover for the postcode.
£624,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 9.5% per year over 7 years.
£600,000
Growth on file: 9.5% per year over 7 years.
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17 Goodchild Road outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£6,122
Street avg £3,877
Floor Area
98 m²
Street avg 117 m²
Habitable Rooms
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
0.3 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 changed
Hot water system upgraded
Single glazing replaced with double or better glazing
Loft insulation upgraded to recommended levels
Low energy lighting percentage decreased
Householder application for the proposed erection of a single-storey rear extension with roof lights and changes to fenestration.
3 May 2022Most recent
£600,000
+27.7%over 4 years13 February 2018
£470,000
+48.0%over 2 years17 April 2015
£317,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in RG40 2EN: £620,000 (2025–2019).

Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.3 t/year
Street avg 5.5 t/year
RG40 2BD
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