6 Grovelands Road, Spencers Wood, Reading, RG7 1DP
About 6 Grovelands Road
6 Grovelands Road is a detached house in Spencers Wood, Reading, Reading (RG7 1DP). It has a recorded floor area of 123 m² (around 1324 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (August 2025) shows an F (score 35), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 67), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
At 123 m² it's 28.5% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (172 m² median across 19 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Most recent transfer was January 2026 at £650,000 — fresh data. 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. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£491/sq ft) was about 54% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
Energy performance
6 Grovelands Road sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Certificate validity
Valid until 2 August 2035
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Planning history
6 Grovelands Road has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
1 application on record at 6 Grovelands Road, Spencers Wood, Reading, RG7 1DP
- Jul 2004ConservatoryFullOutcome in report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Proposed single storey rear extension to dwelling to form enlarged conservatory.
Extension- Documents
- 4 docs on file
- Reference
- 042674
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Sales history & valuation
6 Grovelands Road valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£708,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£650,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
23 January 2026Most recent
£650,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in RG7 1DP: £685,000 (2025–2022).
Nearby sales in RG7 1DP
10 Grovelands Road, Spencers Wood, Reading, RG7 1DP
Sold Mar 2025
£830,00012c, Grovelands Road, Spencers Wood, Reading, RG7 1DP
Sold Nov 2024
£815,00012 Grovelands Road, Spencers Wood, Reading, RG7 1DP
Sold Sept 2023
£685,00019 Grovelands Road, Spencers Wood, Reading, RG7 1DP
Sold Sept 2023
£575,00014 Grovelands Road, Spencers Wood, Reading, RG7 1DP
Sold Oct 2022
£475,000
Versus other Grovelands Road homes
6 Grovelands Road outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£5,285
Street avg £3,769
Floor Area
123 m²
Street avg 168 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.2 t/year
Street avg 4.2 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
150/mo
Falling year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Grovelands Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.8 km
Oakbank School. 8 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.9dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.2dB







