16 Chivers Drive is a four-bedroom detached house in Finchampstead, Wokingham, Wokingham (RG40 4EW). It has a recorded floor area of 103 m² (around 1109 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (December 2021) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since June 2011. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 2-band jump.
On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£561/sq ft) was about 106.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 103 m² it's 20.8% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (130 m² median across 22 EPCs). Most recent transfer: September 2022 at £622,500. 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.
16 Chivers Drive has no planning applications on record.
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The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£636,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£622,500
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
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Price per m² for 16 Chivers Drive runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£6,044
Street avg £3,726
Floor Area
103 m²
Street avg 129 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
48.9dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Changes detected from historical EPC data
More low energy lighting installed
16 September 2022Most recent
£622,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in RG40 4EW: £640,100 (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
12 Chivers Drive Finchampstead Wokingham
Sold Dec 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 4XB
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