17 Abbey Gardens, Upper Woolhampton, Reading, RG7 5TZ
About 17 Abbey Gardens
17 Abbey Gardens is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Upper Woolhampton, Reading, Reading (RG7 5TZ). It has a recorded floor area of 64 m² (around 689 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2003-2006 and council tax band D. At 64 m² this is the 7th smallest of 62 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 50–381 m². The building's EPC ratings span G to B across 62 units on file. The latest certificate (November 2012) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from November 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
One planning record on file: new windows approved in 2017. Past consents include new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. At 64 m² it sits well below the postcode median (96 m² across 61 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Last changed hands 13 years ago, in April 2013. Across 2006–2013, sale prices on this property compounded at -1.5% per year.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms1
Energy performance
17 Abbey Gardens's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 28 Nov 2022
EPC Rating
Certificate validity
Expired on 28 November 2022
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Planning history
17 Abbey Gardens has a listed-building consent on record — alterations to a listed property are tightly controlled.
1 application on record at 17 Abbey Gardens, Upper Woolhampton, Reading, RG7 5TZ
- May 2017RenovationHeritageOutcome in report
Partitioning the decorative arched window between apartment 17 and the communal walkway with fire rated glass (in solid wood frame). This is to bring the window in line with current fire safety regulations.
ListedNew Windows- Documents
- 13 docs on file
- Reference
- 17/00664/LBC2
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Sales history & valuation
17 Abbey Gardens valuation runs notably under the typical sold price in this postcode.
£271,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of -1.5% per year over 6 years.
£258,000
Growth on file: -1.5% per year over 6 years.
Sales timeline
23 April 2013Most recent
£258,000
-9.5%over 6 years23 November 2006
£285,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in RG7 5TZ: £577,500 (2026–2024).
Nearby sales in RG7 5TZ
22 Abbey Gardens, Upper Woolhampton, Reading, RG7 5TZ
Sold May 2026
£515,00050 Abbey Gardens, Upper Woolhampton, Reading, RG7 5TZ
Sold Nov 2025
£423,00021 Abbey Gardens, Upper Woolhampton, Reading, RG7 5TZ
Sold Oct 2025
£577,50012 Abbey Gardens, Upper Woolhampton, Reading, RG7 5TZ
Sold Feb 2025
£685,00015 Abbey Gardens, Upper Woolhampton, Reading, RG7 5TZ
Sold Jun 2024
£1,100,000
Versus other Abbey Gardens homes
On habitable rooms, 17 Abbey Gardens runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£4,031
Street avg £3,543
Floor Area
64 m²
Street avg 119 m²
Habitable Rooms
2 rooms
Street avg 3 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.8 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
150/mo
Falling 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







