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15 Askew Drive, Spencers Wood, Reading, RG7 1HG

1 planning record
Property type
Detached
Bedrooms
4
Bathrooms
2
Floor area
110 m²
1184 sq ft
Energy rating
D
Score 68
Council tax
Band E
Tenure
Owner Occupied
Overview

About 15 Askew Drive

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

15 Askew Drive is a four-bedroom detached house in Spencers Wood, Reading, Reading (RG7 1HG). It has a recorded floor area of 110 m² (around 1184 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (May 2021) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 2-band jump.

One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2022. Past consents include an extension, a garage conversion and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£443/sq ft) was about 60.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: August 2021 at £525,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.

Specifications

What this property has

Pulled from EPC certificates, claim submissions and our property model. Empty categories are hidden — we only show what's known.

Inside

  • Bedrooms4
  • Bathrooms2
  • Open-plan layoutYes
  • Dining roomYes

Outside

  • Private gardenRear
  • GarageDouble
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The data behind every report

  • HM Land Registry, source of sold price history
  • Department for Education, source of schools data
  • Police.uk, source of crime statistics
  • Department for Transport, source of stations and transport links
  • Environment Agency, source of flood risk data
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, source of road noise data
  • PlanIt, source of planning application records
Energy

Energy performance

Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.

Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.

EPC Rating

A
B
C
D
D68
E
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Average
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
4.0 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
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Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against 15 Askew Drive, Spencers Wood, Reading, RG7 1HG, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

1 application on record at 15 Askew Drive, Spencers Wood, Reading, RG7 1HG

1decisions1extensions11documents8nearby
  1. Oct 2022
    Garage ConversionFull
    Outcome in report

    Extension: Single storey

    Householder application for a single storey rear/side extension with pitched roof and part garage conversion. Pitched roof to garage. Porch roof to be replaced with a pitched roof and the front porch to be extended along with changes to fenestration.

    ExtensionPorch
    Documents
    11 docs on file
    Reference
    222272
    Full record in report

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Price

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

£567,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.

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Last sold (2021)

£525,000

Recorded with HM Land Registry.

Sales timeline

  1. 30 August 2021Most recent

    £525,000

Median price across the last 5 sales in RG7 1HG: £425,000 (2025–2018).

On the street

Versus other Askew Drive homes

Four headline reads against 18 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

Years Held for 15 Askew Drive lags the street by a wide margin.

Price per m²

£4,773

Street avg £4,061

Strongly above

Floor Area

110 m²

Street avg 127 m²

Below

Habitable Rooms

7 rooms

Street avg 6 rooms

Above

CO₂ Emissions

4.0 t/year

Street avg 4.8 t/year

Above
Before you decide

Everything you need to know about 15 Askew Drive

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The data behind every report

  • HM Land Registry, source of sold price history
  • Department for Education, source of schools data
  • Police.uk, source of crime statistics
  • Department for Transport, source of stations and transport links
  • Environment Agency, source of flood risk data
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, source of road noise data
  • PlanIt, source of planning application records
Comparables

Similar properties nearby

A handful of close matches in the same postcode area, ranked by likeness on bedrooms, type and floor area.
£559k

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£558k

1 Appleby Walk, Spencers Wood

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4 bed2 bath
£578k

1 Chapel Lane, Riseley

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4 bed1 bath
£520k

1 Askew Drive, Spencers Wood

RG7 1HG

4 bed
£623k

1 Beckingham Place, Spencers Wood

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4 bed3 bath
£704k

1 Clares Green Road, Spencers Wood

RG7 1DY

4 bed2 bath
£887k

1 Beech Hill Road, Spencers Wood

RG7 1HL

4 bed3 bath
£553k

1 Bernard Cottages, Recreation Lane, Spencers Wood

RG7 1ED

3 bed2 bath
Area

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.
Full Reading report

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

Clares Green Road — bus stop.

Closest school

0.6 km

Oakbank School. 9 schools nearby.

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A Local Area report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.

Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around RG7 1HG from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime road noise heatmap for RG7 1HG

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

49.5dB

Low
Night-time road noise heatmap for RG7 1HG

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

41.3dB

Low
55 dB
60 dB
65 dB
70 dB
75 dB
80 dB
Defra Road Noise Strategic Mapping, Round 4
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