3 Fir Cottage Road, Finchampstead, Wokingham, RG40 4RY
1 planning record
About 3 Fir Cottage Road
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
3 Fir Cottage Road is a four-bedroom detached house in Finchampstead, Wokingham, Wokingham (RG40 4RY). It has a recorded floor area of 104 m² (around 1119 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (May 2018) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 2-band jump.
Sale prices here have outpaced Wokingham HPI: 7.4% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£737/sq ft) was about 132.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2019. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 86% of similar EPCs). Most recent transfer: March 2022 at £825,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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What this property has
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Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms2
- Dining roomYes
Outside
- Garage
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
E
E51
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Average
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
5.3 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Planning history
Applications and permits filed against 3 Fir Cottage Road, Finchampstead, Wokingham, RG40 4RY, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
3 Fir Cottage Road has an approved single-storey side and rear extension on the planning record.
- Apr 2019ExtensionFullIn report
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Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
Latest sale on 3 Fir Cottage Road was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£885,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.4% per year over 3 years.
Last sold (2022)
£825,000
Growth on file: 7.4% per year over 3 years.
Sales timeline
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Versus other Fir Cottage Road homes
Four headline reads against 14 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
3 Fir Cottage Road outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£7,933
Street avg £4,232
Floor Area
104 m²
Street avg 123 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Similar properties nearby
A handful of close matches in the same postcode area, ranked by likeness on bedrooms, type and floor area.
The neighbourhood at a glance
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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
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around RG40 4RY from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.0dB
Everything within walking distance
Schools, transport stops and scenic spots near this property — 36 points of interest in total.
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