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Get started8 Flaxman Close is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Earley, Reading, Reading (RG6 5TH). It has a recorded floor area of 58 m² (around 624 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (September 2016) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 88), a 2-band jump. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.
Sale prices here have outpaced Reading HPI: 6.2% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£633/sq ft) was about 131.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. One planning record on file: a loft conversion approved in 2024. Past consents include a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Most recent transfer: April 2022 at £395,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
Application for a certificate of lawfulness for the proposed hip to gable extension and installation of a rear dormer and rooflights to facilitate conversion of the loft to habitable accommodation.
Sale price has grown by over 3x since 1999.
£425,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.2% per year over 23 years.
£395,000
Growth on file: 6.2% per year over 23 years.
Habitable Rooms for 8 Flaxman Close lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£6,810
Street avg £3,239
Floor Area
58 m²
Street avg 105 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Langdale Gardens — bus stop.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
51.0dB

11 April 2022Most recent
£395,000
+295.0%over 22 years22 July 1999
£100,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in RG6 5TH: £305,000 (2024–2022).
CO₂ Emissions
3.0 t/year
Street avg 5.7 t/year
RG6 5TH
Closest school
0.3 km
Whiteknights Primary School. 27 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.6dB
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