53 Barkham Road, Wokingham, RG41 2RG
About 53 Barkham Road
53 Barkham Road is a detached house in Wokingham (RG41 2RG). It has a recorded floor area of 71 m² (around 764 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (August 2021) shows an E (score 40), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 4 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£602/sq ft) was about 97.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold February 2022 for £460,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
53 Barkham Road sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Planning history
A recent planning application at 53 Barkham Road was refused — worth checking the council file.
- Apr 2026ExtensionOutlineIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Application for the prior approval of the erection of a single storey rear extension, which would extend beyond the rear wall of the original house by 6m, for which the maximum height would be 3m and the height of the eaves 2.9m.
- Documents
- 6 docs on file
- Reference
- 260851
- Feb 2026ExtensionOutlineIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Application for the prior approval of the erection of a single storey rear extension, which would extend beyond the rear wall of the original house by 8.00m, for which the maximum height would be 3.99m and the height of the eaves 2.90m.
- Documents
- 10 docs on file
- Reference
- 253147
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£494,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£460,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
11 February 2022Most recent
£460,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in RG41 2RG: £465,000 (2023–2019).
Nearby sales in RG41 2RG
47 Barkham Road, Wokingham, RG41 2RG
Sold Oct 2023
£465,00067 Barkham Road, Wokingham, RG41 2RG
Sold Nov 2022
£875,00063 Barkham Road, Wokingham, RG41 2RG
Sold May 2021
£495,0004 Alma Court, Barkham Road, Wokingham, RG41 2RG
Sold May 2019
£175,0002 Alma Court, Barkham Road, Wokingham, RG41 2RG
Sold Mar 2019
£282,500
Everything we know about 53 Barkham Road, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby
Versus other Barkham Road homes
EPC Rating for 53 Barkham Road lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£6,479
Street avg £3,903
Floor Area
71 m²
Street avg 119 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.2 t/year
Street avg 4.1 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
5/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Molly Millars Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
Walter Infant School. 19 schools nearby.
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The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
50.4dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.9dB