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4 sales on record
About 8 Blackthorn Close
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
8 Blackthorn Close is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Earley, Reading, Reading (RG6 1DH). It has a recorded floor area of 62 m² (around 667 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (August 2019) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 89), a 2-band jump.
Sale prices here have outpaced Reading HPI: 5.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £309,000 is 21.7% above the 2020 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£381/sq ft) was about 102.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £254,000 in February 2020. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2023. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 62 m² it's 20% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (78 m² median across 16 EPCs).
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
- Bedrooms2
- Bathrooms1
Outside
- Private gardenrear
- Parking
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
D65
E
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Good
Windows
Good
CO2 Emissions
2.7 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Planning history
Applications and permits filed against 8 Blackthorn Close, Earley, Reading, RG6 1DH, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
8 Blackthorn Close has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
- Jun 2023ExtensionApprove
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Householder application for the proposed erection of a single storey rear extension.
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
8 Blackthorn Close has more than tripled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1995.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£309,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.5% per year over 25 years.
Last sold (2020)
£254,000
Growth on file: 5.5% per year over 25 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.
EPC Rating for 8 Blackthorn Close lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,097
Street avg £3,533
Floor Area
62 m²
Street avg 79 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
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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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