23 Beech Hill Road, Spencers Wood, Reading, RG7 1HL
About 23 Beech Hill Road
23 Beech Hill Road is a detached house in Spencers Wood, Reading, Reading (RG7 1HL). It has a recorded floor area of 174 m² (around 1873 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (February 2015) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from February 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Held since April 2004 — that's 22 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Across 1995–2004, sale prices on this property compounded at 13.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £816,000 sits 77.4% above the 2004 sale of £460,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£246/sq ft) was about 26.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 174 m² it's 19.6% larger than the typical home in the postcode (146 m² median across 12 EPCs).
Energy performance
23 Beech Hill Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 24 Feb 2025
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Planning history
23 Beech Hill Road has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
3 applications on record at 23 Beech Hill Road, Spencers Wood, Reading, RG7 1HL
- Nov 2011ExtensionFullOutcome in report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Proposed erection of a single storey rear extension to existing garage.
- Documents
- 7 docs on file
- Reference
- 111697
- More recent applications — locked
- Tree WorksFeb 2021Decision
- ConditionsFeb 2012Decision
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Sales history & valuation
23 Beech Hill Road has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 1995.
£816,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 13.4% per year over 9 years.
£460,000
Growth on file: 13.4% per year over 9 years.
Sales timeline
29 April 2004Most recent
£460,000
+194.9%over 8 years28 September 1995
£156,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in RG7 1HL: £720,000 (2024–2020).
Nearby sales in RG7 1HL
9 Beech Hill Road, Spencers Wood, Reading, RG7 1HL
Sold Feb 2024
£620,00014 Beech Hill Road, Spencers Wood, Reading, RG7 1HL
Sold Jan 2022
£740,0008 Beech Hill Road, Spencers Wood, Reading, RG7 1HL
Sold Jun 2021
£530,0007 Beech Hill Road, Spencers Wood, Reading, RG7 1HL
Sold Aug 2020
£720,0001 Beech Hill Road, Spencers Wood, Reading, RG7 1HL
Sold Jul 2020
£802,000
Versus other Beech Hill Road homes
Years Held for 23 Beech Hill Road runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£2,644
Street avg £3,110
Floor Area
174 m²
Street avg 149 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.9 t/year
Street avg 6.4 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
Post Office — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Lambs Lane Primary School. 6 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.6dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.5dB







