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About 38 Hillside Road
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
38 Hillside Road is a semi-detached house in Earley, Reading, Reading (RG6 7LP). It has a recorded floor area of 66 m² (around 710 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (March 2021) shows an F (score 26), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 4-band jump.
At 66 m² it's 22.8% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (86 m² median across 28 EPCs). 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 2022. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £396,000 is 32% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£422/sq ft) was about 67.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold September 2021 for £300,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
38 Hillside Road sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
E
F
F26
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Very Poor
Windows
Poor
CO2 Emissions
6.7 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Planning history
Applications and permits filed against 38 Hillside Road, Earley, Reading, RG6 7LP, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
- Jan 2022ExtensionFullApprove
Extension: Part single, part two storey · Side and rear of property
Householder application for the proposed conversion of the roof from hip-to gable, the erection of a single storey side extension, part single storey, part two storey rear extension to include the insertion of 1no. roof light nd 1no. Juliet balcony, plus changes to fenestration, following demolition of existing rear extension (amended).
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£396,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
Last sold (2021)
£300,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
Versus other Hillside Road homes
Four headline reads against 27 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
On epc rating, 38 Hillside Road runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£4,545
Street avg £4,043
Floor Area
66 m²
Street avg 91 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Similar properties nearby
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The neighbourhood at a glance
A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Reading district page.
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Hillside Road — bus stop.
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around RG6 7LP from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
53.3dB
Everything within walking distance
Schools, transport stops and scenic spots near this property — 53 points of interest in total.
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