5 Elgarth Drive is a four-bedroom detached house in Finchampstead, Wokingham, Wokingham (RG40 4HH). It has a recorded floor area of 132 m² (around 1421 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1976-1982. The latest certificate (October 2020) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), 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 £660,000 is 13% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£411/sq ft) was about 55.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: March 2021 at £584,000. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. 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.
5 Elgarth Drive has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
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Price for 5 Elgarth Drive has grown more than fourfold since the 1996 starting point.
£660,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.7% per year over 25 years.
£584,000
Growth on file: 6.7% per year over 25 years.
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What we flagged
Price per m²
£4,424
Street avg £4,590
Floor Area
132 m²
Street avg 169 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 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
0.3 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
24 March 2021Most recent
£584,000
+66.9%over 7 years21 February 2014
£350,000
+9.4%over 6 years16 March 2007
£320,000
+54.2%over 6 years30 June 2000
£207,500
+74.7%over 3 years26 July 1996
£118,750
Median price across the last 5 sales in RG40 4HH: £660,000 (2022–2011).

CO₂ Emissions
4.9 t/year
Street avg 5.6 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