2 Century Drive, Spencers Wood, Reading, RG7 1PE
About 2 Century Drive
2 Century Drive is a detached house in Spencers Wood, Reading, Reading (RG7 1PE). It has a recorded floor area of 168 m² (around 1808 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (February 2019) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 74).
Untraded for 21 years, with the last transfer in June 2005. At 168 m² the property is well over the postcode median (85 m² across 23 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 1996–2005, sale prices on this property compounded at 10.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £672,000 sits 124% above the 2005 sale of £300,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£166/sq ft) was about 33.9% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
Energy performance
2 Century Drive's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
2 Century Drive has 2 separate extension applications on the council record.
2 applications on record at 2 Century Drive, Spencers Wood, Reading, RG7 1PE
- Dec 2007ExtensionFullOutcome in report
Extension: Single storey · Side of property
Proposed erection of single storey side extension to dwelling.
- Documents
- 4 docs on file
- Reference
- 070176
- More recent applications — locked
- ExtensionApr 2015Decision
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Sales history & valuation
Sale price has at least doubled since 1996.
£672,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 10.4% per year over 9 years.
£300,000
Growth on file: 10.4% per year over 9 years.
Sales timeline
1 June 2005Most recent
£300,000
+146.0%over 9 years2 May 1996
£121,950
Median price across the last 5 sales in RG7 1PE: £448,000 (2024–2020).
Nearby sales in RG7 1PE
14 Century Drive, Spencers Wood, Reading, RG7 1PE
Sold Jun 2024
£448,00040 Century Drive, Spencers Wood, Reading, RG7 1PE
Sold Feb 2023
£360,00056 Century Drive, Spencers Wood, Reading, RG7 1PE
Sold Dec 2022
£610,0001 Century Drive, Spencers Wood, Reading, RG7 1PE
Sold Mar 2021
£460,00034 Century Drive, Spencers Wood, Reading, RG7 1PE
Sold Jan 2020
£298,000
Versus other Century Drive homes
2 Century Drive outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£1,786
Street avg £3,651
Floor Area
168 m²
Street avg 86 m²
Habitable Rooms
9 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.4 t/year
Street avg 3.0 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
Grovelands Road — bus stop.
Closest school
1.1 km
Oakbank School. 6 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.7dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.7dB







