Claremont House, Bethesda Street, Upper Basildon, Reading, RG8 8NT
About Claremont House
Claremont House is a detached house in Upper Basildon, Reading, Reading (RG8 8NT). It has a recorded floor area of 486 m² (around 5231 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 2007-2011. The latest certificate (July 2025) shows a C (score 75), near the top of the C band. The rating has held steady at C across 2 certificates since February 2015. Between certificates, main heating went from Poor to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and roof efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good. Main heating runs on electricity.
At 486 m² the property is well over the postcode median (231 m² across 11 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 4 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works, an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2015–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £3,031,000 is 29% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£449/sq ft) was about 51.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £2,350,000 in August 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Energy performance
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Mar 2022FullIn report
For the change of use from agricultural land to biodiversity enhancement land.
- Documents
- 10 docs on file
- Reference
- 22/00019/FUL
- Jan 2022Tree WorksTreesIn report
T1- Hornbeam: Crown lift to give 3m ground clearance (as per Officer photo)T3- Rowan: Remove and replace
- Council
- 730
- Documents
- 4 docs on file
- Reference
- 21/02789/TPW
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on Claremont House was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£3,031,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 3.8% per year over 6 years.
£2,350,000
Growth on file: 3.8% per year over 6 years.
Sales timeline
5 August 2021Most recent
£2,350,000
+26.3%over 6 years4 May 2015
£1,860,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in RG8 8NT: £1,250,000 (2025–2022).
Nearby sales in RG8 8NT
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Sold Mar 2025
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Sold Apr 2024
£1,600,000Ashmead House, Bethesda Street, Upper Basildon, Reading, RG8 8NT
Sold May 2023
£30,0001 Bethesda Street, Upper Basildon, Reading, RG8 8NT
Sold Oct 2022
£1,175,000Duck Pond Cottage, Bethesda Street, Upper Basildon, Reading, RG8 8NT
Sold Aug 2022
£1,334,500
Versus other Bethesda Street homes
Floor Area for Claremont House runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£4,835
Street avg £4,185
Floor Area
486 m²
Street avg 238 m²
Habitable Rooms
9 rooms
Street avg 8 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
2.5 t/year
Street avg 6.5 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
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.5 km
Emery Acres — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
Basildon C.E. Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.3dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.3dB








