2 Townsend Farm Cottage, Wallingford Road, Streatley, Reading, RG8 9JX
About 2 Townsend Farm Cottage
2 Townsend Farm Cottage is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Streatley, Reading, Reading (RG8 9JX). It has a recorded floor area of 76 m² (around 818 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (December 2020) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 3-band jump. Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot.
At 76 m² it sits well below the postcode median (295 m² across 7 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Today's modelled estimate of £643,000 is 16.6% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£674/sq ft) was about 73.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: September 2021 at £551,500. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms1
- Dining roomYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- GarageYes
- LandYes
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Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Certificate validity
Valid until 22 December 2030
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Planning history
2 Townsend Farm Cottage has no planning applications on record.
But the area is active
3 notable applications nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£643,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£551,500
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
23 September 2021Most recent
£551,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in RG8 9JX: £865,000 (2022–2003).
Versus other Wallingford Road homes
2 Townsend Farm Cottage outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£7,257
Street avg £4,377
Floor Area
76 m²
Street avg 233 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 8 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.0 t/year
Street avg 10.5 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
52/mo
Falling year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.3 km
Streatley flexi area — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Streatley C.E. Voluntary Controlled School. 3 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.1dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.7dB