4 Captains Gorse, Upper Basildon, Reading, RG8 8SZ
About 4 Captains Gorse
4 Captains Gorse is a detached house in Upper Basildon, Reading, Reading (RG8 8SZ). It has a recorded floor area of 215 m² (around 2314 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (June 2021) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. Main heating runs on electricity.
Held since November 1998 — that's 28 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 215 m² it's 18.8% larger than the typical home in the postcode (181 m² median across 5 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Today's modelled estimate of £1,010,000 sits 220.6% above the 1998 sale of £315,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£136/sq ft) was about 55.4% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2015. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
Energy performance
4 Captains Gorse ranks among the most efficient homes in the postcode for energy use.
EPC Rating
Planning history
4 Captains Gorse has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
- Dec 2015ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Single storey rear extension.
- Documents
- 14 docs on file
- Reference
- 15/02896/HOUSE
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Sales history & valuation
4 Captains Gorse's estimated value is more than triple its earliest registered sale price (1998).
£1,010,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£315,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
18 November 1998Most recent
£315,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in RG8 8SZ: £885,000 (2025–2014).
Nearby sales in RG8 8SZ
7 Captains Gorse, Upper Basildon, Reading, RG8 8SZ
Sold Feb 2025
£905,0009 Captains Gorse, Upper Basildon, Reading, RG8 8SZ
Sold Sept 2021
£990,0001 Captains Gorse, Upper Basildon, Reading, RG8 8SZ
Sold Jul 2017
£885,0005 Captains Gorse, Upper Basildon, Reading, RG8 8SZ
Sold May 2016
£885,0008 Captains Gorse, Upper Basildon, Reading, RG8 8SZ
Sold Aug 2014
£585,000
Versus other Captains Gorse homes
Price per m² for 4 Captains Gorse lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£1,465
Street avg £4,634
Floor Area
215 m²
Street avg 184 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 8 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.0 t/year
Street avg 7.7 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
Captains Gorse — 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
45.9dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.6dB








