Ridgelands House, Barkham Road, Barkham, Wokingham, RG41 4TG

Ridgelands House is a six-bedroom detached house in Barkham, Wokingham, Wokingham (RG41 4TG). It has a recorded floor area of 279 m² (around 3003 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2007 onwards and council tax band H. The latest certificate (June 2019) shows a C (score 80), near the top of the C band. When first surveyed in July 2009 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting dropped from Very Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 85). The property has underfloor heating on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. Other recorded features include notable views and attached land beyond the plot. The home occupies a corner plot.

At 279 m² the property is well over the postcode median (211 m² across 11 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 6 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2003–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.6% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£475/sq ft) was about 78.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold December 2021 for £1,425,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.