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Get started42 Reading Road is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Woodley, Reading, Reading (RG5 3DB). It has a recorded floor area of 140 m² (around 1507 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (August 2014) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from August 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a conservatory. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.
Sale prices here have outpaced Reading HPI: 7.7% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £658,000 is 10.6% above the 2018 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£395/sq ft) was about 57.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 4 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, a garage conversion and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last sale on file: £595,000 in June 2018.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 04 Aug 2024
Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Householder application for the proposed single storey rear extension to dwelling following demolition of existing conservatory plus conversion of existing garage to habitable accommodation.
42 Reading Road has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1997.
£658,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.7% per year over 21 years.
£595,000
Growth on file: 7.7% per year over 21 years.
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42 Reading Road outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,250
Street avg £3,209
Floor Area
140 m²
Street avg 134 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
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

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.1dB

Extension: Single storey · Side of property
Proposed erection of first floor side extension to existing dwelling.
2 more applications for this property
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28 June 2018Most recent
£595,000
+10.2%over 3 years9 October 2014
£540,000
+332.2%over 17 years1 July 1997
£124,950
Median price across the last 5 sales in RG5 3DB: £512,000 (2023–2019).
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Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.8 t/year
Street avg 6.0 t/year
RG5 3RZ
Chequers — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
St Dominic Savio Catholic Primary School. 21 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.4dB