53 Southend Road, Bradfield Southend, Reading, RG7 6EY
About 53 Southend Road
53 Southend Road is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Bradfield Southend, Reading, Reading (RG7 6EY). It has a recorded floor area of 88 m² (around 947 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (October 2021) shows an E (score 41), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 70), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. It has already been extended once and our model flags further extension potential, a sign of buyer flexibility.
One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2026. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 70% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £475,000 is 10.5% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£454/sq ft) was about 55.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £429,750 in March 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms1
- Dining roomYes
Outside
- Private gardenRear
Building
- Previously extendedYes
- Extension potentialPossible
Energy performance
53 Southend Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
1 application on record at 53 Southend Road, Bradfield Southend, Reading, RG7 6EY
- Jan 2026PorchFullOutcome in report
Extension: Side and rear of property
Two storey side and single storey rear extension, refurbishment of existing porch and new dropped kerb
Extension- Documents
- 14 docs on file
- Reference
- 25/02620/HOUSE
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£475,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£429,750
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
24 March 2022Most recent
£429,750
Median price across the last 5 sales in RG7 6EY: £460,000 (2022–2020).
Nearby sales in RG7 6EY
52 Southend Road, Bradfield Southend, Reading, RG7 6EY
Sold May 2022
£460,00060 Southend Road, Bradfield Southend, Reading, RG7 6EY
Sold May 2021
£160,000Oakthorpe, Southend Road, Bradfield Southend, Reading, RG7 6EY
Sold Mar 2021
£525,00048 Southend Road, Bradfield Southend, Reading, RG7 6EY
Sold Sept 2020
£525,0003 Lea House, Southend Road, Bradfield Southend, Reading, RG7 6EY
Sold Jul 2020
£95,000
Versus other Southend Road homes
53 Southend Road is notably below the street on epc rating.
Price per m²
£4,884
Street avg £3,754
Floor Area
88 m²
Street avg 107 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.5 t/year
Street avg 7.2 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
Bradfield Village Hall — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Bradfield C.E. Primary School. 2 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
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
44.2dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.2dB







