8 Goodchild Road is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Wokingham (RG40 2EN). It has a recorded floor area of 120 m² (around 1292 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (November 2012) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from November 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a conservatory.
Sale prices here have outpaced Wokingham HPI: 8.1% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £559,000 is 11.8% above the 2019 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£387/sq ft) was about 34.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: October 2019 at £500,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 76% of similar EPCs).
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8 Goodchild Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 14 Nov 2022
8 Goodchild Road has been extended on multiple sides of the property across separate planning applications.
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Price for 8 Goodchild Road has grown more than fourfold since the 1996 starting point.
£559,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.1% per year over 23 years.
£500,000
Growth on file: 8.1% per year over 23 years.
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8 Goodchild Road is notably below the street on epc rating.
Price per m²
£4,167
Street avg £4,027
Floor Area
120 m²
Street avg 116 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 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
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Proposed erection of a single storey rear extension to dwelling to form conservatory.
Extension: Single storey · Side of property
Proposed single storey side extension to dwelling.
21 October 2019Most recent
£500,000
+40.8%over 6 years14 June 2013
£355,000
+176.3%over 14 years20 January 1999
£128,500
+54.8%over 2 years16 August 1996
£83,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in RG40 2EN: £620,000 (2025–2022).

CO₂ Emissions
6.1 t/year
Street avg 5.3 t/year
RG40 2AL
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