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4 sales on record
About 12 Blackthorn Close
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
12 Blackthorn Close is a five-bedroom semi-detached house in Earley, Reading, Reading (RG6 1DH). It has a recorded floor area of 152 m² (around 1636 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (December 2020) shows a C (score 73). The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 84). The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.
Sale prices here have outpaced Reading HPI: 7.2% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£303/sq ft) was about 58% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 152 m² the property is well over the postcode median (70 m² across 16 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2016. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last sale on file: £495,000 in February 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Pulled from EPC certificates, claim submissions and our property model. Empty categories are hidden — we only show what's known.
Inside
- Bedrooms5
- Bathrooms2
- EnsuiteYes
- StudyYes
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
EPC Rating
A
B
C
C73
D
E
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Good
Windows
Good
CO2 Emissions
4.2 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Planning history
Applications and permits filed against 12 Blackthorn Close, Earley, Reading, RG6 1DH, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
12 Blackthorn Close has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
- Jan 2016ExtensionOutlinePrior Approval not required
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Application for the prior approval of the erection of a single storey rear extension, which would extend beyond the rear wall of the original house by 4.254m for which the maximum height would be 3.500m and the height of the eaves 2.500m.
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
Latest sale on 12 Blackthorn Close was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£541,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.2% per year over 26 years.
Last sold (2021)
£495,000
Growth on file: 7.2% per year over 26 years.
Sales timeline
Versus other Blackthorn Close homes
Four headline reads against 16 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
Floor Area for 12 Blackthorn Close runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,257
Street avg £3,589
Floor Area
152 m²
Street avg 73 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Similar properties nearby
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The neighbourhood at a glance
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Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Culver Lane — bus stop.
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around RG6 1DH from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
55.8dB
Everything within walking distance
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