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EPC B
About Douglas Bader Court
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
Douglas Bader Court is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Woodley, Reading, Reading (RG5 3AF). It has a recorded floor area of 69 m² (around 743 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2007 onwards and council tax band C. The latest certificate (February 2014) returns a B (score 81), comfortably above the UK average. The rating has held steady at B across 2 certificates since March 2012. Between certificates, main heating went from Poor to Average; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and lighting dropped from Very Good to Good. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from February 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. At 69 m² this is the 42nd smallest of 54 units on EPC record in Douglas Bader Court, where floor areas span 15–104 m². The building's EPC ratings span D to B, with this unit at the top.
At 69 m² the property is well over the postcode median (50 m² across 53 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Sale prices here have lagged Reading HPI: -2.3% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £166,000 is 10.7% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£202/sq ft) was about 38.9% below the postcode norm. Last sale on file: £150,000 in December 2022. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
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Inside
- Bedrooms1
- Bathrooms1
Outside
- Communal gardenYes
- Parking
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
Douglas Bader Court's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 21 Feb 2024
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
Douglas Bader Court's sale-price growth has lagged the wider UK trajectory across its history on file.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£166,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of -2.3% per year over 14 years.
Last sold (2022)
£150,000
Growth on file: -2.3% per year over 14 years.
Sales timeline
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The complete analysis of Douglas Bader Court, Flat 21, Howth Drive, Woodley, Reading, RG5 3AF
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Versus other Howth Drive homes
Four headline reads against 53 similar flats on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
On price per m², Douglas Bader Court runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£2,174
Street avg £3,926
Floor Area
69 m²
Street avg 55 m²
Habitable Rooms
2 rooms
Similar properties nearby
A handful of close matches in the same postcode area, ranked by likeness on bedrooms, type and floor area.
The neighbourhood at a glance
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Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around RG5 3AF from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.7dB
Everything within walking distance
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