Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
The Elms is a detached house in Goring, Reading, Reading (RG8 0DT). It has a recorded floor area of 269 m² (around 2895 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (January 2017) shows an E (score 44), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 2-band jump.
At 269 m² it sits well below the postcode median (387 m² across 13 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 77% of similar EPCs). Across 1996–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £1,715,000 is 21.6% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£487/sq ft) was about 50.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 9 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 1 refused. Last sale on file: £1,410,000 in January 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
The Elms's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Certificate validity
Valid until 26 January 2027
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9 applications on record at The Elms, Elvendon Road, Goring, Reading, RG8 0DT
Proposed new dwelling (land adjacent to The Elms). As amended by drawing no 4026-1A accompanying Agent's email dated 15 October 2014.
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Price for The Elms has grown more than fourfold since the 1996 starting point.
£1,715,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.2% per year over 24 years.
£1,410,000
Growth on file: 6.2% per year over 24 years.
8 January 2021Most recent
£1,410,000
+327.3%over 24 years26 September 1996
£330,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in RG8 0DT: £2,350,000 (2024–2021).
The Old Court, Elvendon Road, Goring, Reading, RG8 0DT
Sold May 2024
Hamilton House, Elvendon Road, Goring, Reading, RG8 0DT
Sold Apr 2024
Elmore House, Elvendon Road, Goring, Reading, RG8 0DT
Sold May 2021
Heathercroft House, Elvendon Road, Goring, Reading, RG8 0DT
Sold Apr 2021
The Red House, Elvendon Road, Goring, Reading, RG8 0DT
Sold Jan 2018
On epc rating, The Elms runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£5,242
Street avg £3,362
Floor Area
269 m²
Street avg 386 m²
Habitable Rooms
10 rooms
Street avg 9 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
17.0 t/year
Street avg 10.7 t/year
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Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
52/mo
Falling year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.3 km
Scout Hut — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
Goring Church of England Aided Primary School. 3 schools nearby.
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