5 Holmes Close, Wokingham, RG41 2SG
About 5 Holmes Close
5 Holmes Close is a three-bedroom detached house in Wokingham (RG41 2SG). It has a recorded floor area of 100 m² (around 1076 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (March 2022) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 3-band jump. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.
At 100 m² it sits well below the postcode median (148 m² across 4 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£519/sq ft) was about 40% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold July 2022 for £558,500. 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
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms2
Outside
- Private gardenrear
- GarageYes
- Cul-de-sacYes
Energy performance
5 Holmes Close sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Planning history
5 Holmes Close has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
5applications of note in the surrounding area
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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.
£593,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£558,500
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
27 July 2022Most recent
£558,500
Median price across the last 4 sales in RG41 2SG: £581,525 (2024–1998).
Everything we know about 5 Holmes Close, 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 Holmes Close homes
On price per m², 5 Holmes Close stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£5,585
Street avg £3,507
Floor Area
100 m²
Street avg 149 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 8 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.7 t/year
Street avg 5.4 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
0.2 km
Mulberry Business Park — bus stop.
Closest school
0.9 km
St Paul's CofE Junior School. 18 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.8dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.0dB