12 Abbey Gardens, Upper Woolhampton, Reading, RG7 5TZ
About 12 Abbey Gardens
12 Abbey Gardens is an end-of-terrace house in Upper Woolhampton, Reading, Reading (RG7 5TZ). It has a recorded floor area of 178 m² (around 1916 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (April 2024) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 73), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. At 178 m² this is the 49th smallest of 60 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 50–381 m². The building's EPC ratings span G to B across 60 units on file.
At 178 m² the property is well over the postcode median (96 m² across 59 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Most recent transfer was February 2025 at £685,000 — fresh data. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2025. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. Across 2006–2025, sale prices on this property compounded at 0.8% per year.
Energy performance
12 Abbey Gardens's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
12 Abbey Gardens has a listed-building consent on record — alterations to a listed property are tightly controlled.
1 application on record at 12 Abbey Gardens, Upper Woolhampton, Reading, RG7 5TZ
1 live now- Aug 2025RenovationHeritageOutcome in report
Installation of internal secondary glazing
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- 24 docs on file
- Reference
- 25/01916/LBC
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Sales history & valuation
12 Abbey Gardens has changed hands more often than typical for the area.
£659,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 0.8% per year over 19 years.
£685,000
Growth on file: 0.8% per year over 19 years.
Sales timeline
10 February 2025Most recent
£685,000
+5.4%over 4 years1 December 2020
£650,000
+4.0%over 2 years10 May 2018
£625,000
+28.9%over 9 years28 April 2009
£485,000
-17.8%over 2 years27 July 2006
£590,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in RG7 5TZ: £577,500 (2025–2023).
Nearby sales in RG7 5TZ
21 Abbey Gardens, Upper Woolhampton, Reading, RG7 5TZ
Sold Oct 2025
£577,50015 Abbey Gardens, Upper Woolhampton, Reading, RG7 5TZ
Sold Jun 2024
£1,100,00022 Abbey Gardens, Upper Woolhampton, Reading, RG7 5TZ
Sold Apr 2024
£490,0008 Abbey Gardens, Upper Woolhampton, Reading, RG7 5TZ
Sold Aug 2023
£420,00074 Abbey Gardens, Upper Woolhampton, Reading, RG7 5TZ
Sold Mar 2023
£1,277,500
Versus other Abbey Gardens homes
Years Held for 12 Abbey Gardens lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,848
Street avg £3,536
Floor Area
178 m²
Street avg 116 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 3 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
8.2 t/year
Street avg 6.0 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
0.1 km
Douai Abbey Gardens — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Woolhampton C.E. Primary School. 3 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
42.8dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.7dB







