2 Emery Acres, Upper Basildon, Reading, RG8 8NY
About 2 Emery Acres
2 Emery Acres is a two-bedroom detached house in Upper Basildon, Reading, Reading (RG8 8NY). It has a recorded floor area of 81 m² (around 872 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (April 2020) shows an E (score 44), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.
At 81 m² it sits well below the postcode median (155 m² across 12 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2021. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £510,000 is 13.3% above the 2020 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£516/sq ft) was about 103.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £450,000 in October 2020.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms2
- Bathrooms1
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- ParkingOff road
Building
- Extension potentialPossible
Energy performance
2 Emery Acres's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Feb 2021PorchFullIn report
Extension: Rear of property
Single Storey Front Porch and Rear Extension
Extension- Documents
- 14 docs on file
- Reference
- 20/02883/HOUSE
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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.
£510,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£450,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
8 October 2020Most recent
£450,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in RG8 8NY: £620,000 (2025–2017).
Nearby sales in RG8 8NY
Redwood, Emery Acres, Upper Basildon, Reading, RG8 8NY
Sold Apr 2025
£590,00014 Emery Acres, Upper Basildon, Reading, RG8 8NY
Sold Jan 2023
£790,00011 Emery Acres, Upper Basildon, Reading, RG8 8NY
Sold Oct 2021
£570,0008 Emery Acres, Upper Basildon, Reading, RG8 8NY
Sold Apr 2021
£645,00013 Emery Acres, Upper Basildon, Reading, RG8 8NY
Sold Sept 2017
£620,000
Versus other Emery Acres homes
2 Emery Acres outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£5,556
Street avg £3,476
Floor Area
81 m²
Street avg 158 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.6 t/year
Street avg 8.2 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
0.1 km
Emery Acres — bus stop.
Closest school
0.1 km
Basildon C.E. Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
46.6dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.9dB








