Cranleigh, Basingstoke Road, Spencers Wood, Reading, RG7 1AE
About Cranleigh
Cranleigh is a four-bedroom detached house in Spencers Wood, Reading, Reading (RG7 1AE). It has a recorded floor area of 149 m² (around 1604 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (August 2020) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 80).
At 149 m² the property is well over the postcode median (104 m² across 20 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2004. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1996–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.6% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£405/sq ft) was about 69.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: June 2021 at £650,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms2
- Dining roomYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- GarageYes
Energy performance
EPC Rating
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Planning history
Cranleigh has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
1 application on record at Cranleigh, Basingstoke Road, Spencers Wood, Reading, RG7 1AE
- Feb 2004ConservatoryFullOutcome in report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Proposed single storey rear extension to dwelling to form conservatory.
Extension- Documents
- 2 docs on file
- Reference
- 030295
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Sales history & valuation
Price for Cranleigh has grown more than fourfold since the 1996 starting point.
£687,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.6% per year over 25 years.
£650,000
Growth on file: 6.6% per year over 25 years.
Sales timeline
28 June 2021Most recent
£650,000
+390.6%over 24 years1 August 1996
£132,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in RG7 1AE: £567,000 (2024–2019).
Nearby sales in RG7 1AE
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£210,000Tintern House, Basingstoke Road, Spencers Wood, Reading, RG7 1AE
Sold Sept 2021
£675,000West View, Basingstoke Road, Spencers Wood, Reading, RG7 1AE
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£415,000Merton, Basingstoke Road, Spencers Wood, Reading, RG7 1AE
Sold Nov 2019
£625,000Eastrop, Basingstoke Road, Spencers Wood, Reading, RG7 1AE
Sold Mar 2019
£567,000
Versus other Basingstoke Road homes
Price per m² for Cranleigh runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£4,362
Street avg £3,411
Floor Area
149 m²
Street avg 146 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.8 t/year
Street avg 6.5 t/year
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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
0.2 km
St Michaels Hall — bus stop.
Closest school
1.0 km
Oakbank School. 8 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.5dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.6dB







