5 Brookside Walk, Burghfield Common, Reading, RG7 3HZ
About 5 Brookside Walk
5 Brookside Walk is a semi-detached house in Burghfield Common, Reading, Reading (RG7 3HZ). It has a recorded floor area of 81 m² (around 872 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (February 2025) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since March 2010. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 2-band jump.
Held since July 2000 — that's 26 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £370,000 sits 270% above the 2000 sale of £100,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£115/sq ft) was about 32% below the postcode norm.
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
More low energy lighting installed
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Planning history
5 Brookside Walk has no planning applications on record.
But the area is active
3 notable applications nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
Sales history & valuation
5 Brookside Walk's estimated value is more than triple its earliest registered sale price (2000).
£370,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£100,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
5 July 2000Most recent
£100,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in RG7 3HZ: £201,000 (2020–2003).
Nearby sales in RG7 3HZ
Versus other Brookside Walk homes
Floor Area for 5 Brookside Walk lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£1,235
Street avg £2,717
Floor Area
81 m²
Street avg 90 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.4 t/year
Street avg 3.8 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
The Close — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Garland Junior School. 5 schools nearby.
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A Local Area report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
46.7dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.2dB







