3 Grove Close is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Wokingham (RG40 3NA). It has a recorded floor area of 138 m² (around 1485 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (June 2020) shows a D (score 59), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 74). Other recorded features include a loft. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.
Sale prices here have outpaced Wokingham HPI: 5.7% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £601,000 is 16.7% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£347/sq ft) was about 61.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 138 m² the property is well over the postcode median (103 m² across 9 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 3 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last sale on file: £515,000 in April 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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3 Grove Close's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Application for a non-material amendment to planning consent F/2009/0366 to allow introduction of light tunnels into roof section, repositioning of staircase, removal of one window and reduction of rear footprint.
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Sale price has grown by over 3x since 1997.
£601,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.7% per year over 24 years.
£515,000
Growth on file: 5.7% per year over 24 years.
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3 Grove Close is notably below the street on epc rating.
Price per m²
£3,732
Street avg £3,320
Floor Area
138 m²
Street avg 112 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 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
0.1 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.4dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Extension: Part single, part two storey · Side and rear of property
Proposed erection of two storey/single storey rear extension to dwelling plus first floor side extension.
16 April 2021Most recent
£515,000
+122.9%over 18 years6 September 2002
£231,000
+67.4%over 5 years18 July 1997
£138,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in RG40 3NA: £425,000 (2025–2005).

CO₂ Emissions
6.5 t/year
Street avg 4.0 t/year
RG40 3HX
Kingsbridge Cottages — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Saint Sebastians Church of England Primary School. 12 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.1dB