12 Cypress Close is a four-bedroom detached house in Finchampstead, Wokingham, Wokingham (RG40 3JW). It has a recorded floor area of 139 m² (around 1496 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (October 2015) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (February 2010); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from October 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Sale prices here have outpaced Wokingham HPI: 5.8% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £605,000 is 49.4% above the 2015 sale price. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Last changed hands 11 years ago, in October 2015.
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12 Cypress Close sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 10 Oct 2025
12 Cypress Close has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
8applications of note in the surrounding area
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Sale price has at least doubled since 1996.
£605,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.8% per year over 19 years.
£405,000
Growth on file: 5.8% per year over 19 years.
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Habitable Rooms for 12 Cypress Close lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,914
Street avg £3,240
Floor Area
139 m²
Street avg 161 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 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
0.2 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.8dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Loft insulation upgraded to recommended levels
Low energy lighting percentage decreased
2 October 2015Most recent
£405,000
+42.1%over 12 years29 November 2002
£285,000
+109.6%over 6 years29 May 1996
£136,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in RG40 3JW: £575,000 (2021–2018).
3 Cypress Close Finchampstead Wokingham
Sold Feb 2021
4 Cypress Close Finchampstead Wokingham
Sold Sept 2020
8 Cypress Close Finchampstead Wokingham
Sold Aug 2019
17 Cypress Close Finchampstead Wokingham
Sold Jul 2019
11 Cypress Close Finchampstead Wokingham
Sold Dec 2018

Street avg 8 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.6 t/year
Street avg 6.1 t/year
RG40 3SQ
Tintangel Road — bus stop.
Closest school
1.2 km
Evendons Primary School. 7 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.3dB