Southview House, Farm Road, Goring, Reading, RG8 0AA
About Southview House
Southview House is a five-bedroom detached house in Goring, Reading, Reading (RG8 0AA). It has a recorded floor area of 197 m² (around 2120 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band G. Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot. Period features are noted in the property record. The latest certificate (May 2021) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band.
At 197 m² the property is well over the postcode median (86 m² across 3 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£604/sq ft) was about 31.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: November 2021 at £1,280,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2023.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms5
- Bathrooms3
- Dining roomYes
Outside
- LandYes
Building
- Period featuresYes
Energy performance
Southview House's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Jan 2023ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Demolition of existing single storey rear extensions and erection of replacement single storey rear extension.
- Documents
- 9 docs on file
- Reference
- P22/S4237/HH
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£1,286,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£1,280,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
19 November 2021Most recent
£1,280,000
Median price across the last 4 sales in RG8 0AA: £367,500 (2020–2002).
Versus other Farm Road homes
Southview House outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
69 (C)
Street avg 68 (D)
Floor Area
197 m²
Street avg 98 m²
CO₂ Emissions
6.6 t/year
Street avg 3.3 t/year
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Lockstile Way — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
Goring Church of England Aided Primary School. 3 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.3dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.1dB








