Balmacara House, South Stoke Road, Woodcote, Reading, RG8 0PL
About Balmacara House
Balmacara House is a four-bedroom detached house in Woodcote, Reading, Reading (RG8 0PL). It has a recorded floor area of 259 m² (around 2788 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 2007 onwards. The latest certificate (November 2018) shows a C (score 77), near the top of the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 82). Other recorded features include outbuildings.
At 259 m² the property is well over the postcode median (151 m² across 20 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Dining roomYes
- StudyYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- GarageDetached
- OutbuildingsYes
Building
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
Balmacara House's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Balmacara House has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
3applications of note in the surrounding area
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Balmacara House has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£1,318,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 5 sales in RG8 0PL: £620,000 (2021–2018).
Nearby sales in RG8 0PL
Newman House, Flat 3, South Stoke Road, Woodcote, Reading, RG8 0PL
Sold Jun 2021
£238,000Hollybush Lodge, South Stoke Road, Woodcote, Reading, RG8 0PL
Sold Dec 2020
£810,000Serrania, South Stoke Road, Woodcote, Reading, RG8 0PL
Sold Oct 2020
£925,000Newman House, Flat 4, South Stoke Road, Woodcote, Reading, RG8 0PL
Sold Sept 2020
£235,500Stoches, South Stoke Road, Woodcote, Reading, RG8 0PL
Sold Sept 2018
£620,000
Versus other South Stoke Road homes
Balmacara House outperforms the street on epc rating by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
77 (C)
Street avg 57 (D)
Floor Area
259 m²
Street avg 192 m²
CO₂ Emissions
6.0 t/year
Street avg 9.1 t/year
Habitable Rooms
9 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
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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
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.3 km
War Memorial — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
Langtree School. 3 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.8dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.4dB








