4 Elgarth Drive is a five-bedroom detached house in Finchampstead, Wokingham, Wokingham (RG40 4HH). It has a recorded floor area of 225 m² (around 2422 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (June 2020) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 76).
Sale prices here have outpaced Wokingham HPI: 8.1% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £990,000 is 16.5% above the 2020 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£351/sq ft) was about 40% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 225 m² the property is well over the postcode median (132 m² across 3 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, a porch and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last sale on file: £850,000 in October 2020.
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4 Elgarth Drive's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
4 Elgarth Drive has been extended on multiple sides of the property across separate planning applications.
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Latest sale on 4 Elgarth Drive was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£990,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.1% per year over 25 years.
£850,000
Growth on file: 8.1% per year over 25 years.
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
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Price per m² for 4 Elgarth Drive lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,778
Street avg £4,806
Floor Area
225 m²
Street avg 138 m²
Habitable Rooms
10 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
Extension: Single storey · Front of property
Householder application for the proposed erection of single storey front extension to form porch.
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Proposed erection of single storey rear extension. (Removal of existing conservatory)
2 October 2020Most recent
£850,000
+49.8%over 13 years16 August 2007
£567,500
+369.0%over 11 years10 November 1995
£121,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in RG40 4HH: £584,000 (2022–2012).

Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.6 t/year
Street avg 5.0 t/year
RG40 4PL
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
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