5 Birch Road is a three-bedroom detached house in Finchampstead, Wokingham, Wokingham (RG40 3LB). It has a recorded floor area of 120 m² (around 1292 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (January 2018) shows an E (score 39), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 67).
Sale prices here have outpaced Wokingham HPI: 7.2% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £697,000 is 19.1% above the 2018 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£453/sq ft) was about 108.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 120 m² it's 15.8% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (143 m² median across 4 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Most recent transfer: June 2018 at £585,000.
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5 Birch Road sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
Multiple extension applications run across more than a decade of planning history at 5 Birch Road.
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Sale price has grown by over 3x since 1998.
£697,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.2% per year over 20 years.
£585,000
Growth on file: 7.2% per year over 20 years.
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
Price per m² for 5 Birch Road runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£4,875
Street avg £3,629
Floor Area
120 m²
Street avg 153 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
0.1 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.4dB

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 single storey rear extension to dwelling.
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Proposed single storey rear extension to dwelling.
27 June 2018Most recent
£585,000
+290.0%over 19 years28 October 1998
£150,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in RG40 3LB: £480,000 (2024–2008).

Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
9.2 t/year
Street avg 5.0 t/year
RG40 3HX
Barkham Ride — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
Nine Mile Ride Primary School. 7 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.4dB