Collabrack, Pangbourne Road, Upper Basildon, Reading, RG8 8LN
About Collabrack
Collabrack is a detached house in Upper Basildon, Reading, Reading (RG8 8LN). It has a recorded floor area of 248 m² (around 2669 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (February 2018) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 74), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 74% of similar EPCs). Across 2005–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £1,056,000 is 18.7% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£333/sq ft) was about 32.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold May 2021 for £890,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Energy performance
Collabrack's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Certificate validity
Valid until 15 February 2028
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Planning history
Collabrack has an approved side extension on the planning record.
2 applications on record at Collabrack, Pangbourne Road, Upper Basildon, Reading, RG8 8LN
- Dec 2015PorchFullOutcome in report
Extension: Two storey · Side of property
Proposed 2 storey side extension, single storey side extension and porch alterations
Extension- Documents
- 13 docs on file
- Reference
- 15/02553/HOUSE
- More recent applications — locked
- ExtensionMay 2024Decision
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£1,056,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.2% per year over 16 years.
£890,000
Growth on file: 4.2% per year over 16 years.
Sales timeline
20 May 2021Most recent
£890,000
+89.4%over 15 years20 October 2005
£470,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in RG8 8LN: £1,000,000 (2025–2021).
Nearby sales in RG8 8LN
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Sold Mar 2025
£1,175,000Byways, Pangbourne Road, Upper Basildon, Reading, RG8 8LN
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£803,195The Topiary, Pangbourne Road, Upper Basildon, Reading, RG8 8LN
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£1,125,000Timberley, Pangbourne Road, Upper Basildon, Reading, RG8 8LN
Sold Jun 2021
£421,000
Versus other Pangbourne Road homes
CO₂ Emissions for Collabrack lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,589
Street avg £3,420
Floor Area
248 m²
Street avg 235 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 8 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
12.0 t/year
Street avg 8.7 t/year
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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
52/mo
Falling year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.0 km
Knappswood Close — bus stop.
Closest school
1.1 km
Basildon C.E. Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.2dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.3dB







