Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
7 Stubbles is a semi-detached house in Ashampstead, Reading, Reading (RG8 8RP). It has a recorded floor area of 136 m² (around 1464 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (July 2022) shows a D (score 59), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
It hasn't traded since December 1997, a hold of 29 years that's notably long for the area. At 136 m² the property is well over the postcode median (94 m² across 7 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 1995–1997, sale prices on this property compounded at 15.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £577,000 sits 327.4% above the 1997 sale of £135,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£92/sq ft) was about 73.7% below the postcode norm. 3 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include solar panel installation, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
7 Stubbles's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Certificate validity
Valid until 10 July 2032
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Planning records include a solar-panel installation at 7 Stubbles.
3 applications on record at 7 Stubbles, Ashampstead, Reading, RG8 8RP
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7 Stubbles's modelled value sits at over four times its earliest registered sale price (1995).
£577,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 15.6% per year over 3 years.
£135,000
Growth on file: 15.6% per year over 3 years.
18 December 1997Most recent
£135,000
+48.4%over 2 years30 March 1995
£91,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in RG8 8RP: £450,000 (2023–2009).
5 Stubbles, Ashampstead, Reading, RG8 8RP
Sold Nov 2023
2 Stubbles, Ashampstead, Reading, RG8 8RP
Sold May 2021
6 Stubbles, Ashampstead, Reading, RG8 8RP
Sold Mar 2015
8 Stubbles, Ashampstead, Reading, RG8 8RP
Sold Jul 2009
4 Stubbles, Ashampstead, Reading, RG8 8RP
Sold Aug 2001
Price per m² for 7 Stubbles lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£993
Street avg £4,491
Floor Area
136 m²
Street avg 100 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.5 t/year
Street avg 5.1 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
0.9 km
Ashampstead flexi area — bus stop.
Closest school
2.2 km
Basildon C.E. Primary School. 2 schools nearby.
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