5 Fir Cottage Road is a four-bedroom detached house in Finchampstead, Wokingham, Wokingham (RG40 4RY). It has a recorded floor area of 130 m² (around 1394 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (November 2010) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 68). The latest certificate is from November 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a conservatory. The home occupies a corner plot and a cul-de-sac position.
Sale prices here have outpaced Wokingham HPI: 7.2% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £642,000 is 45.6% above the 2011 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£316/sq ft) was about 18.3% below the postcode norm. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 86% of similar EPCs). Last sold in November 2011, so it's been off the market for around 15 years.
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5 Fir Cottage Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 04 Nov 2020
5 Fir Cottage Road has no planning applications on record.
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5 Fir Cottage Road has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 1996.
£642,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.2% per year over 15 years.
£441,000
Growth on file: 7.2% per year over 15 years.
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On epc rating, 5 Fir Cottage Road runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,405
Street avg £4,643
Floor Area
130 m²
Street avg 121 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 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
47.0dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
18 November 2011Most recent
£441,000
+182.7%over 14 years5 December 1996
£156,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in RG40 4RY: £687,500 (2024–2021).
18 Fir Cottage Road Finchampstead Wokingham
Sold Oct 2024
11 Fir Cottage Road Finchampstead Wokingham
Sold Aug 2024
30 Fir Cottage Road Finchampstead Wokingham
Sold Dec 2022
3 Fir Cottage Road Finchampstead Wokingham
Sold Mar 2022
21 Fir Cottage Road Finchampstead Wokingham
Sold Apr 2021

Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.7 t/year
Street avg 4.9 t/year
RG40 4XB
St James Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.9 km
Gorse Ride Junior School. 6 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.6dB