18 Barford Drive is a mid-terrace house in Wokingham (RG40 5AR). It has a recorded floor area of 70 m² (around 753 sq ft). The latest certificate (April 2017) returns a B (score 84), comfortably above the UK average. The recommended improvements would push it to A (score 97).
Sale prices here have lagged Wokingham HPI: -1.2% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £402,000 is 14.1% above the 2021 sale price. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2018. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Sold August 2021 for £352,250. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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18 Barford Drive's carbon output is low for the local stock.
18 Barford Drive has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
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18 Barford Drive changed hands twice within eighteen months — unusual for the area.
£402,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of -1.2% per year over 4 years.
£352,250
Growth on file: -1.2% per year over 4 years.
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
18 Barford Drive is notably below the street on price per m².
Price per m²
£5,032
Street avg £5,433
Floor Area
70 m²
Street avg 82 m²
CO₂ Emissions
1.1 t/year
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
63.0dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Householder application for the proposed erection of a single storey rear extension to form a conservatory to dwelling.
17 August 2021Most recent
£352,250
+0.6%30 April 2021
£350,000
-5.9%over 4 years28 April 2017
£371,825
Median price across the last 5 sales in RG40 5AR: £425,000 (2025–2024).

Street avg 1.2 t/year
Years Held
5 years
Street avg 6 years
Culver Grove — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
Keep Hatch Primary School. 19 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
55.8dB