3 Penny Royal, Goring Heath, Reading, RG8 7SD
About 3 Penny Royal
3 Penny Royal is a semi-detached house in Goring Heath, Reading, Reading (RG8 7SD). It has a recorded floor area of 99 m² (around 1066 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (June 2024) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (November 2013); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on dual fuel.
It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 89% of similar EPCs). One historical planning record sits against the property in 2011.
Energy performance
3 Penny Royal's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Window efficiency improved
More low energy lighting installed
Planning history
- Feb 2011RenovationIn report
Removal of existing defective rendering to first floor of 3 elevations and replace with new render to match over 50mm mineral wall insulation slabs.
- Documents
- 6 docs on file
- Reference
- P10/E1910
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Sales history & valuation
3 Penny Royal has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£436,000
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 1 sales in RG8 7SD: £125,500 (2001–2001).
Nearby sales in RG8 7SD
Versus other Penny Royal homes
On epc rating, 3 Penny Royal runs well behind the street norm.
EPC Rating
53 (E)
Street avg 65 (D)
Floor Area
99 m²
Street avg 86 m²
CO₂ Emissions
6.1 t/year
Street avg 4.0 t/year
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 5 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
0.0 km
Cottages — bus stop.
Closest school
1.9 km
Langtree School. 3 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.0dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.8dB








