20 Carolina Place is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace 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 (March 2021) shows a C (score 71). When first surveyed in March 2019 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and main heating went from Average to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 92), a 2-band jump.
Sale prices here have outpaced Wokingham HPI: 3.9% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£535/sq ft) was about 96.8% 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. Sold June 2021 for £247,500. 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.
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Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
20 Carolina Place has no planning applications on record.
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The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£270,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 3.9% per year over 16 years.
£247,500
Growth on file: 3.9% per year over 16 years.
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On co₂ emissions, 20 Carolina Place stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£5,756
Street avg £3,792
Floor Area
43 m²
Street avg 113 m²
Habitable Rooms
2 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
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Replaced storage heaters with gas boiler
Connected to mains gas supply
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Hot water system upgraded
Window efficiency improved
18 June 2021Most recent
£247,500
+5.3%over 2 years7 June 2019
£235,000
+46.9%over 10 years19 September 2008
£160,000
+17.6%over 2 years18 November 2005
£136,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in RG40 4PQ: £555,000 (2025–2020).
31 Carolina Place Finchampstead Wokingham
Sold Mar 2025
22 Carolina Place Finchampstead Wokingham
Sold Dec 2023
40 Carolina Place Finchampstead Wokingham
Sold Feb 2022
29 Carolina Place Finchampstead Wokingham
Sold Sept 2020
60 Carolina Place Finchampstead Wokingham
Sold Aug 2020

Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
1.7 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