Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
1 Emery Acres is a detached house in Upper Basildon, Reading, Reading (RG8 8NY). It has a recorded floor area of 117 m² (around 1259 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1950-1966. The latest certificate (June 2013) shows an E (score 43), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 66). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from June 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1999–2013, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £662,000 is 40.3% above the 2013 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£375/sq ft) was about 33.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sold in August 2013, so it's been off the market for around 13 years. At 117 m² it's 24.5% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (155 m² median across 12 EPCs).
1 Emery Acres's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 05 Jun 2023
Certificate validity
Expired on 5 June 2023
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2 applications on record at 1 Emery Acres, Upper Basildon, Reading, RG8 8NY
Extension: Side and rear of property
Two storey side and rear extensions and dormer windows and detached garage.
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1 Emery Acres has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 1999.
£662,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.5% per year over 14 years.
£472,000
Growth on file: 6.5% per year over 14 years.
29 August 2013Most recent
£472,000
+65.6%over 12 years23 August 2001
£285,000
+46.2%over 2 years5 August 1999
£195,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in RG8 8NY: £590,000 (2025–2020).
Redwood, Emery Acres, Upper Basildon, Reading, RG8 8NY
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Sold Jan 2023
11 Emery Acres, Upper Basildon, Reading, RG8 8NY
Sold Oct 2021
8 Emery Acres, Upper Basildon, Reading, RG8 8NY
Sold Apr 2021
2 Emery Acres, Upper Basildon, Reading, RG8 8NY
Sold Oct 2020
1 Emery Acres is notably below the street on floor area.
Price per m²
£4,034
Street avg £3,603
Floor Area
117 m²
Street avg 155 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
8.6 t/year
Street avg 8.1 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
0.1 km
Emery Acres — bus stop.
Closest school
0.1 km
Basildon C.E. Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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