Chestnuts, Basingstoke Road, Spencers Wood, Reading, RG7 1AA
About Chestnuts
Chestnuts is a detached house in Spencers Wood, Reading, Reading (RG7 1AA). It has a recorded floor area of 169 m² (around 1819 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (May 2022) shows an E (score 44), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 3-band jump.
At 169 m² the property is well over the postcode median (110 m² across 10 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock.
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Energy performance
Chestnuts's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
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Because the property was built before 1919, has been extended more than once, and has solid (non-cavity) walls, we believe a Level 3 building survey should be considered.
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Planning history
Chestnuts has no planning applications on record.
But the area is active
8 notable applications nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
Sales history & valuation
Chestnuts has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£681,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 5 sales in RG7 1AA: £410,000 (2024–2013).
Nearby sales in RG7 1AA
Levern Villa, Basingstoke Road, Spencers Wood, Reading, RG7 1AA
Sold Dec 2024
£410,000Bracondale, Basingstoke Road, Spencers Wood, Reading, RG7 1AA
Sold Aug 2024
£375,000Ashen Cottage, Basingstoke Road, Spencers Wood, Reading, RG7 1AA
Sold Dec 2018
£388,000Upwey, Basingstoke Road, Spencers Wood, Reading, RG7 1AA
Sold Sept 2014
£443,000Avondale House, Basingstoke Road, Spencers Wood, Reading, RG7 1AA
Sold Oct 2013
£649,950
Versus other Basingstoke Road homes
CO₂ Emissions for Chestnuts lags the street by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
44 (E)
Street avg 50 (E)
Floor Area
169 m²
Street avg 136 m²
CO₂ Emissions
11.0 t/year
Street avg 7.6 t/year
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
4/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Post Office — bus stop.
Closest school
0.7 km
Lambs Lane Primary School. 6 schools nearby.
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A Local Area report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.5dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.6dB