18 Carolina Place is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Finchampstead, Wokingham, Wokingham (RG40 4PQ). It has a recorded floor area of 43 m² (around 463 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (May 2014) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 92), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from May 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a conservatory.
Sale prices here have outpaced Wokingham HPI: 7.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £275,000 is 37.5% above the 2014 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£432/sq ft) was about 56.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 43 m² it sits well below the postcode median (118 m² across 25 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. 12 years since the last transfer (October 2014). Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2002. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
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Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 06 May 2024
18 Carolina Place has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
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Sale price has grown by over 3x since 1995.
£275,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.5% per year over 19 years.
£199,950
Growth on file: 7.5% per year over 19 years.
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18 Carolina Place is notably below the street on floor area.
Price per m²
£4,650
Street avg £3,838
Floor Area
43 m²
Street avg 113 m²
Habitable Rooms
2 rooms
Street avg 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
47.6dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Proposed single storey rear extension to dwelling to form conservatory.
31 October 2014Most recent
£199,950
+14.3%over 7 years1 August 2007
£175,000
+12.9%over 2 years2 November 2004
£155,000
+124.6%over 6 years31 July 1998
£69,000
+38.0%over 2 years15 September 1995
£50,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in RG40 4PQ: £247,500 (2025–2021).
31 Carolina Place Finchampstead Wokingham
Sold Mar 2025
22 Carolina Place Finchampstead Wokingham
Sold Dec 2023
40 Carolina Place Finchampstead Wokingham
Sold Feb 2022
20 Carolina Place Finchampstead Wokingham
Sold Jun 2021
29 Carolina Place Finchampstead Wokingham
Sold Sept 2020

CO₂ Emissions
3.1 t/year
Street avg 4.7 t/year
RG40 4EG
St James Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Gorse Ride Junior School. 6 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.9dB