1 The Orchids, Reading Road, Lower Basildon, Reading, RG8 9NL
About 1 The Orchids
1 The Orchids is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Lower Basildon, Reading, Reading (RG8 9NL). It has a recorded floor area of 134 m² (around 1442 sq ft). The latest certificate (May 2015) returns a high B (score 85), putting the home a stone's throw from an A rating. The recommended improvements would push it to A (score 110). Main heating runs on electricity: electricity, unspecified tariff. The latest certificate is from May 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 88% of similar EPCs). Across 2015–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.4% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£381/sq ft) was about 17.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £550,000 in August 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms3
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Energy performance
1 The Orchids's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 04 May 2025
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Planning history
1 The Orchids has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
3applications of note in the surrounding area
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£559,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 2.4% per year over 7 years.
£550,000
Growth on file: 2.4% per year over 7 years.
Sales timeline
3 August 2022Most recent
£550,000
+18.0%over 6 years24 September 2015
£466,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in RG8 9NL: £475,000 (2021–2014).
Nearby sales in RG8 9NL
2 The Orchids, Reading Road, Lower Basildon, Reading, RG8 9NL
Sold Feb 2021
£530,000Dower Cottage, Reading Road, Lower Basildon, Reading, RG8 9NL
Sold Jan 2021
£550,0003 The Orchids, Reading Road, Lower Basildon, Reading, RG8 9NL
Sold Sept 2015
£475,0002a, Reading Road, Lower Basildon, Reading, RG8 9NL
Sold May 2014
£380,000
Versus other Reading Road homes
Price per m² for 1 The Orchids runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£4,104
Street avg £3,674
Floor Area
134 m²
Street avg 129 m²
CO₂ Emissions
1.7 t/year
Street avg 8.2 t/year
Years Held
4 years
Street avg 8 years
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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
Park Wall Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
2.6 km
Basildon C.E. Primary School. 3 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.4dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.6dB