Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
5 Briars Close is a four-bedroom detached house in Pangbourne, Reading, Reading (RG8 7LH). It has a recorded floor area of 92 m² (around 987 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (May 2010) shows an E (score 43), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 69), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from May 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Period features are noted in the property record. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.
Sold February 2019 for £550,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2011. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2007–2019, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £680,000 is 23.6% above the 2019 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£557/sq ft) was about 53.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
5 Briars Close'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This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 11 May 2020
Certificate validity
Expired on 11 May 2020
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1 application on record at 5 Briars Close, Pangbourne, Reading, RG8 7LH
Extension: Rear of property
Demolish existing utility to rear of existing garage. Remove existing garage/porch roof. Erect first floor extension over existing garage. Erect two-storey extension at rear of existing garage to form new utility and ground floor bathroom on ground floor and new master bedroom with ensuite on first floor. New pitched tiled roof over front part of ground floor and porch.
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5 Briars Close valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£680,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 3.8% per year over 12 years.
£550,000
Growth on file: 3.8% per year over 12 years.
22 February 2019Most recent
£550,000
+31.0%over 3 years13 October 2015
£420,000
+35.5%over 4 years31 July 2011
£310,000
-12.7%over 4 years26 April 2007
£355,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in RG8 7LH: £549,950 (2025–2020).
26 Briars Close, Pangbourne, Reading, RG8 7LH
Sold Feb 2025
1 Briars Close, Pangbourne, Reading, RG8 7LH
Sold Jun 2021
13 Briars Close, Pangbourne, Reading, RG8 7LH
Sold Mar 2021
11 Briars Close, Pangbourne, Reading, RG8 7LH
Sold Dec 2020
20 Briars Close, Pangbourne, Reading, RG8 7LH
Sold Sept 2020
EPC Rating for 5 Briars Close lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£5,995
Street avg £4,618
Floor Area
92 m²
Street avg 105 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.2 t/year
Street avg 5.2 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
0.1 km
Primary School — bus stop.
Closest school
0.1 km
Pangbourne Primary School. 8 schools nearby.
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Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
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38.3dB