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Get started78 Beechwood Avenue is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Woodley, Reading, Reading (RG5 3DG). It has a recorded floor area of 105 m² (around 1130 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (May 2014) shows a D (score 56), a step below the typical UK home. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since March 2011. Between certificates, main heating went from Average to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from May 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Sale prices here have outpaced Reading HPI: 8.6% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £387,000 sits 54.8% above the 2014 sale of £250,000. 4 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, a porch and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 105 m² it's 23.5% larger than the typical home in the postcode (85 m² median across 19 EPCs). On the market in September 2014 and unlisted since — roughly 12 years.
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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 21 May 2024
78 Beechwood Avenue has an approved single-storey front extension on the planning record.
Extension: Single storey · Front of property
Householder application for the proposed erection of single storey front extension to form a porch (retrospective).
78 Beechwood Avenue valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£387,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.6% per year over 3 years.
£250,000
Growth on file: 8.6% per year over 3 years.
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On co₂ emissions, 78 Beechwood Avenue runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£2,381
Street avg £2,952
Floor Area
105 m²
Street avg 83 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 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
49.2dB

Application for a non-material amendment to planning consent 171029 to allow addition of an enclosed porch to the front elevation.
2 more applications for this property
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30 September 2014Most recent
£250,000
+29.5%over 3 years8 August 2011
£193,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in RG5 3DG: £360,000 (2021–2017).
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Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.2 t/year
Street avg 3.6 t/year
RG5 3HX
Beaufield Close — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
The Bulmershe School. 22 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.2dB