Ashridge Close is a detached house in Wokingham (RG40 5QE). It has a recorded floor area of 188 m² (around 2024 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (June 2019) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 76).
At 188 m² the property is well over the postcode median (95 m² across 3 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Sale prices here have lagged Wokingham HPI: -7.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £973,000 is 27.5% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£377/sq ft) was about 50.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 4 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 2 refused. Last sale on file: £763,333 in March 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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A partial demolition application was refused at Ashridge Close in 2023.
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The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£973,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of -7.5% per year over 1 year.
£763,333
Growth on file: -7.5% per year over 1 year.
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
Floor Area for Ashridge Close runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£4,388
Street avg £4,014
Floor Area
188 m²
Street avg 107 m²
CO₂ Emissions
5.9 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
0.5 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
59.0dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What will this home really cost to run?
The EPC's recommended upgrades and their estimated cost, in the full report
Householder application for the proposed erection of a 2-meter-high boundary wall and new metal gates, following demolition of existing fence.
Application for submission of details to comply with the following conditions of planning consent F/2013/18879 as follows: 3: Materials
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10 March 2022Most recent
£763,333
-7.5%10 March 2022
£825,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in RG40 5QE: £290,000 (2024–2000).

Street avg 3.3 t/year
Years Held
4 years
Street avg 9 years
Crutchley Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.8 km
St Cecilia's CofE Primary School. 21 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
52.0dB