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Get started8 Barholm Close is a four-bedroom detached house in Lower Earley, Reading, Reading (RG6 3TQ). It has a recorded floor area of 120 m² (around 1292 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (July 2012) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 80), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from July 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Sale prices here have outpaced Reading HPI: 5.1% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £531,000 sits 53.9% above the 2012 sale of £345,000. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2024. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On the market in October 2012 and unlisted since — roughly 14 years.
8 Barholm Close sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 23 Jul 2022
8 Barholm Close has an approved single-storey side and rear extension on the planning record.
Extension: Single storey · Side and rear of property
Householder application for the proposed erection of first floor side/rear extension, with changes to existing fenestration.
8 Barholm Close valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£531,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.1% per year over 13 years.
£345,000
Growth on file: 5.1% per year over 13 years.
On epc rating, 8 Barholm Close runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£2,875
Street avg £3,453
Floor Area
120 m²
Street avg 116 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Easington Drive — bus stop.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
55.9dB

12 October 2012Most recent
£345,000
+87.5%over 12 years28 January 2000
£184,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in RG6 3TQ: £435,000 (2024–2010).
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.0 t/year
Street avg 4.3 t/year
RG6 3XN
Closest school
0.3 km
Hawkedon Primary School. 17 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
47.3dB
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