Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
The Ridings is a detached house in Bradfield Southend, Reading, Reading (RG7 6HR). It has a recorded floor area of 207 m² (around 2228 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (April 2014) shows a D (score 63), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 77). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from April 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 207 m² the property is well over the postcode median (88 m² across 7 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. One planning record on file: an annexe approved in 2003. Past consents include an annexe, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last sold in July 2014, so it's been off the market for around 12 years. Across 1999–2014, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £854,000 is 32.4% above the 2014 sale price.
The Ridings's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 09 Apr 2024
Certificate validity
Expired on 9 April 2024
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The Ridings has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 1999.
£854,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.1% per year over 15 years.
£645,000
Growth on file: 6.1% per year over 15 years.
10 July 2014Most recent
£645,000
+5.7%over 6 years9 April 2008
£610,000
+125.9%over 8 years29 September 1999
£270,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in RG7 6HR: £443,000 (2026–2019).
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Sold Apr 2021
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The Ridings is notably below the street on price per m².
Price per m²
£3,116
Street avg £3,857
Floor Area
207 m²
Street avg 97 m²
Habitable Rooms
9 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
8.6 t/year
Street avg 3.5 t/year
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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
0.2 km
Bradfield Village Hall — bus stop.
Closest school
0.1 km
Bradfield C.E. Primary School. 2 schools nearby.
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