Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
1 Bourne Road is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Pangbourne, Reading, Reading (RG8 7JT). It has a recorded floor area of 72 m² (around 775 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (June 2022) shows a D (score 59), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 2-band jump.
It hasn't traded since August 1997, a hold of 29 years that's notably long for the area. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £396,000 sits 366.2% above the 1997 sale of £84,950. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£110/sq ft) was about 55.7% below the postcode norm. At 72 m² it's 18.6% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (89 m² median across 66 EPCs).
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
Certificate validity
Valid until 19 June 2032
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1 Bourne Road has no planning applications on record.
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1 Bourne Road's modelled value sits at over four times its earliest registered sale price (1997).
£396,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£84,950
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
14 August 1997Most recent
£84,950
Median price across the last 5 sales in RG8 7JT: £497,500 (2025–2023).
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On price per m², 1 Bourne Road runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£1,180
Street avg £3,443
Floor Area
72 m²
Street avg 84 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.0 t/year
Street avg 3.4 t/year
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Crime
52/mo
Falling year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Primary School — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Pangbourne Primary School. 8 schools nearby.
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