5 Billing Avenue is a mid-terrace house in Finchampstead, Wokingham, Wokingham (RG40 4JE). It has a recorded floor area of 102 m² (around 1098 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (August 2021) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 2-band jump.
Sale prices here have outpaced Wokingham HPI: 3.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £366,000 is 28.4% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£260/sq ft) was about 21% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 102 m² the property is well over the postcode median (59 m² across 37 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Most recent transfer: June 2021 at £285,000. Across the public record there are 4 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. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2000. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
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Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
5 Billing Avenue has an approved single-storey front extension on the planning record.
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The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£366,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 3.5% per year over 18 years.
£285,000
Growth on file: 3.5% per year over 18 years.
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On price per m², 5 Billing Avenue runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£2,794
Street avg £3,375
Floor Area
102 m²
Street avg 70 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 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
0.1 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.1dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Extension: Single storey · Front of property
Proposed single storey front extension to dwelling.
25 June 2021Most recent
£285,000
-1.7%over 4 years25 August 2016
£290,000
+28.9%over 2 years18 October 2013
£224,950
+48.0%over 10 years14 April 2003
£152,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in RG40 4JE: £293,000 (2024–2021).
8 Billing Avenue Finchampstead Wokingham
Sold Aug 2024
11 Billing Avenue Finchampstead Wokingham
Sold Mar 2024
9 Billing Avenue Finchampstead Wokingham
Sold Oct 2022
10 Billing Avenue Finchampstead Wokingham
Sold Aug 2022
15 Billing Avenue Finchampstead Wokingham
Sold Aug 2021

Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.8 t/year
Street avg 2.6 t/year
California Crossroads Petrol Station — bus stop.
Closest school
0.1 km
Gorse Ride Infants' School. 7 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.5dB