Hill House, Birds Lane, Midgham, Reading, RG7 5UL
About Hill House
Hill House is a detached house in Midgham, Reading, Reading (RG7 5UL). It has a recorded floor area of 438 m² (around 4715 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (June 2021) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 69), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
At 438 m² the property is well over the postcode median (162 m² across 14 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 79% of similar EPCs). 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £1,837,000 is 14.8% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£339/sq ft) was about 25.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: August 2022 at £1,600,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Energy performance
Hill House's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
2 applications on record at Hill House, Birds Lane, Midgham, Reading, RG7 5UL
- Apr 2007PorchFullOutcome in report
The construction of a single storey extension, a first floor extension and a porch link to a store.
Extension- Documents
- 7 docs on file
- Reference
- 07/00364/HOUSE
- More recent applications — locked
- Demolition And RebuildMay 2012Decision
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on Hill House was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£1,837,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£1,600,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
17 August 2022Most recent
£1,600,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in RG7 5UL: £790,000 (2022–2018).
Nearby sales in RG7 5UL
Church Hill Barn, Birds Lane, Midgham, Reading, RG7 5UL
Sold Oct 2022
£900,000Autumn House, Birds Lane, Midgham, Reading, RG7 5UL
Sold Sept 2021
£935,000Highwood View, Birds Lane, Midgham, Reading, RG7 5UL
Sold Sept 2021
£790,000Eastfield, Birds Lane, Midgham, Reading, RG7 5UL
Sold Nov 2018
£605,0001 Birds Lane, Midgham, Reading, RG7 5UL
Sold Dec 2015
£380,000
Versus other Birds Lane homes
On floor area, Hill House stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£3,653
Street avg £3,542
Floor Area
438 m²
Street avg 163 m²
Habitable Rooms
9 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
20.0 t/year
Street avg 5.7 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
0.6 km
Coach and Horses — bus stop.
Closest school
1.7 km
Bucklebury C.E. Primary School. 4 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
46.4dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.1dB







