17 Cricket Hill is a semi-detached house in Finchampstead, Wokingham, Wokingham (RG40 3TN). It has a recorded floor area of 81 m² (around 872 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (March 2018) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 2-band jump.
Sale prices here have outpaced Wokingham HPI: 6.7% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £385,000 is 32.8% above the 2019 sale price. At 81 m² it sits well below the postcode median (152 m² across 16 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Most recent transfer: April 2019 at £290,000.
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Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
Application for submission of details to comply with the following condition of planning consent 190340 dated (14/03/2019). 5. Bat Licence
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17 Cricket Hill has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 2002.
£385,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.7% per year over 17 years.
£290,000
Growth on file: 6.7% per year over 17 years.
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On floor area, 17 Cricket Hill runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,580
Street avg £3,650
Floor Area
81 m²
Street avg 155 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 7 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
46.5dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Extension: Two storey
Householder application for the proposed erection of a two storey side extension following demolition of existing garage/store; single storey front extension to form open porch; erection of an attached single garage plus provision of parking spaces.
10 April 2019Most recent
£290,000
+190.0%over 16 years8 October 2002
£100,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in RG40 3TN: £685,000 (2023–2018).
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Sold Nov 2023
6a Cricket Hill Finchampstead Wokingham
Sold Nov 2020
9 Cricket Hill Finchampstead Wokingham
Sold Jul 2019
3 Cricket Hill Finchampstead Wokingham
Sold Oct 2018
18 Cricket Hill Finchampstead Wokingham
Sold Jan 2018

CO₂ Emissions
3.5 t/year
Street avg 6.6 t/year
Wood Moor — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
Finchampstead CofE VA Primary School. 8 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.1dB