2 Elgarth Drive is a four-bedroom detached house in Finchampstead, Wokingham, Wokingham (RG40 4HH). It has a recorded floor area of 128 m² (around 1378 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (March 2021) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. When first surveyed in March 2009 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Poor to Good and lighting went from Poor to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average.
Sale prices here have outpaced Wokingham HPI: 4.6% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£479/sq ft) was about 99.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 128 m² it's 16.3% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (153 m² median across 3 EPCs). Sold September 2021 for £660,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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2 Elgarth Drive has no planning applications on record.
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2 Elgarth Drive has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 2002.
£714,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.6% per year over 19 years.
£660,000
Growth on file: 4.6% per year over 19 years.
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On price per m², 2 Elgarth Drive stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£5,156
Street avg £4,346
Floor Area
128 m²
Street avg 170 m²
Habitable Rooms
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
0.3 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.8dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Windows upgraded, improving insulation
More low energy lighting installed
22 September 2021Most recent
£660,000
+74.1%over 9 years23 July 2012
£379,000
+37.8%over 10 years8 April 2002
£275,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in RG40 4HH: £584,000 (2022–2011).

Street avg 8 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.4 t/year
Street avg 5.8 t/year
RG40 4XB
Barkham Stores — bus stop.
Closest school
0.7 km
Gorse Ride Junior School. 7 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.6dB