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About 8 Basil Close
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
8 Basil Close is a four-bedroom detached house in Earley, Reading, Reading (RG6 5GL). It has a recorded floor area of 93 m² (around 1001 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (May 2022) shows a D (score 56), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 78). Other recorded features include a conservatory.
Sale prices here have outpaced Reading HPI: 6.4% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£605/sq ft) was about 163.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 93 m² it's 15.5% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (110 m² median across 10 EPCs). Last sale on file: £606,000 in September 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
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Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms2
- Dining roomYes
- EnsuiteYes
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
D
D56
E
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Good
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
5.0 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
8 Basil Close has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1997.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£634,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.4% per year over 25 years.
Last sold (2022)
£606,000
Growth on file: 6.4% per year over 25 years.
Sales timeline
Versus other Basil Close homes
Four headline reads against 10 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
Price per m² for 8 Basil Close runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£6,516
Street avg £3,258
Floor Area
93 m²
Street avg 115 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 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
0.1 km
Rosemary Avenue — bus stop.
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around RG6 5GL from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
52.5dB
Everything within walking distance
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