17 Durham Close, Wokingham, RG41 3AB
About 17 Durham Close
17 Durham Close is a four-bedroom detached house in Wokingham (RG41 3AB). It has a recorded floor area of 124 m² (around 1335 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (May 2019) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include a conservatory.
At 124 m² the property is well over the postcode median (87 m² across 11 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2001. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1997–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 6% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£390/sq ft) was about 51% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £520,000 in April 2022. 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
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms2
- Dining roomYes
- CloakroomYes
- ConservatoryYes
Outside
- DrivewayYes
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Planning history
17 Durham Close has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
- Oct 2001ConservatoryFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Proposed single storey rear extension to dwelling to form conservatory.
Extension- Documents
- 1 doc on file
- Reference
- 010160
What's in 17 Durham Close, Wokingham, RG41 3AB's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 17 Durham Close was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£554,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.0% per year over 24 years.
£520,000
Growth on file: 6.0% per year over 24 years.
Sales timeline
10 April 2022Most recent
£520,000
+316.0%over 24 years11 December 1997
£125,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in RG41 3AB: £465,000 (2023–2020).
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Versus other Durham Close homes
17 Durham Close outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,194
Street avg £4,496
Floor Area
124 m²
Street avg 90 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.9 t/year
Street avg 3.3 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
5/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Dorset Way — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
The Hawthorns Primary School. 20 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
47.9dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.9dB