12 Chivers Drive is a four-bedroom detached house in Finchampstead, Wokingham, Wokingham (RG40 4EW). It has a recorded floor area of 112 m² (around 1206 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (May 2018) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump.
4 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£593/sq ft) was about 118.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold December 2022 for £715,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
A tree works application was refused at 12 Chivers Drive in 2023.
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Latest sale on 12 Chivers Drive was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£744,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£715,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
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12 Chivers Drive outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£6,384
Street avg £3,709
Floor Area
112 m²
Street avg 128 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 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
48.9dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
APPLICATION FOR WORKS TO PROTECTED TREE(S) TPO 730/1995, T8 T8, Oak â Crown lift by trimming of smaller branches (less than 50mm in diameter) back to trunk, up to a height of approx. 7m above ground level.
APPLICATION FOR WORKS TO PROTECTED TREE(S) TPO 730/1995, T7 T7, Birch â Cut back branches overhanging no. 31 Carolina Place by approx. 2.5-3.5m back to the boundary line.
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9 December 2022Most recent
£715,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in RG40 4EW: £622,500 (2025–2020).
15 Chivers Drive Finchampstead Wokingham
Sold Nov 2025
35 Chivers Drive Finchampstead Wokingham
Sold Jun 2025
18 Chivers Drive Finchampstead Wokingham
Sold Oct 2023
16 Chivers Drive Finchampstead Wokingham
Sold Sept 2022
39 Chivers Drive Finchampstead Wokingham
Sold Nov 2020

Street avg 8 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.0 t/year
Street avg 5.2 t/year
RG40 4EJ
Barkham Stores — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Gorse Ride Junior School. 6 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.5dB