Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
8 Garton End is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Crays Pond, Reading, Reading (RG8 7QH). It has a recorded floor area of 144 m² (around 1554 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (November 2008) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 57). The latest certificate is from November 2008, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a conservatory. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.
Untraded for 17 years, with the last transfer in May 2009. That sale fell during the post-crash dip, which often skews comparisons against later neighbouring sales. At 144 m² the property is well over the postcode median (87 m² across 10 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2004–2009, sale prices on this property compounded at 15% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £471,000 sits 54.4% above the 2009 sale of £305,000.
8 Garton End sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 04 Nov 2018
Certificate validity
Expired on 4 November 2018
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8 Garton End has no planning applications on record.
But the area is active
1 notable application nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
Sale price has at least doubled since 2004.
£471,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 15.0% per year over 5 years.
£305,000
Growth on file: 15.0% per year over 5 years.
27 May 2009Most recent
£305,000
+107.5%over 5 years8 March 2004
£147,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in RG8 7QH: £420,000 (2023–2016).
1 Garton End, Crays Pond, Reading, RG8 7QH
Sold Sept 2023
4 Garton End, Crays Pond, Reading, RG8 7QH
Sold Oct 2021
2 Garton End, Crays Pond, Reading, RG8 7QH
Sold Sept 2021
12 Garton End, Crays Pond, Reading, RG8 7QH
Sold Apr 2015
9 Garton End, Crays Pond, Reading, RG8 7QH
Sold Dec 2003
Price per m² for 8 Garton End lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,112
Street avg £3,811
Floor Area
144 m²
Street avg 91 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.1 t/year
Street avg 3.4 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
0.2 km
Goring Road — bus stop.
Closest school
1.7 km
Langtree School. 2 schools nearby.
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