Skagen House, Bethesda Street, Upper Basildon, Reading, RG8 8NT
About Skagen House
Skagen House is a detached house in Upper Basildon, Reading, Reading (RG8 8NT). It has a recorded floor area of 327 m² (around 3520 sq ft). The latest certificate (January 2018) returns a high B (score 87), putting the home a stone's throw from an A rating.
At 327 m² the property is well over the postcode median (231 m² across 11 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 73% of similar EPCs). On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£568/sq ft) was about 90.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Most recent transfer: November 2021 at £2,000,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Energy performance
Achieving this rating across a home of this size is uncommon — larger homes typically score lower.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Dec 2020
- Aug 2020
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£1,954,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£2,000,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
22 November 2021Most recent
£2,000,000
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 Apr 2024
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Sold Oct 2022
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£1,334,500
Versus other Bethesda Street homes
Price per m² for Skagen House runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£6,116
Street avg £4,069
Floor Area
327 m²
Street avg 252 m²
CO₂ Emissions
3.6 t/year
Street avg 6.4 t/year
Years Held
5 years
Street avg 8 years
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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.
Go deeper on the local area
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.3dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.3dB








