Model valuation£417,0008 Busby Close
Local market context
1 Coombe Cottages is an end-of-terrace house in Streatley, Reading, Reading (RG8 9QP). It has a recorded floor area of 109 m² (around 1173 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (September 2025) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 80).
Untraded for 23 years, with the last transfer in July 2003. At 109 m² the property is well over the postcode median (70 m² across 5 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £652,000 sits 137.1% above the 2003 sale of £275,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£234/sq ft) was about 25.1% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2004. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
Certificate validity
Valid until 16 September 2035
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1 Coombe Cottages has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
1 application on record at 1 Coombe Cottages, The Coombe, Streatley, Reading, RG8 9QP
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Erection of a single storey rear conservatory.
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1 Coombe Cottages valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£652,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£275,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
20 July 2003Most recent
£275,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in RG8 9QP: £305,000 (2023–2006).
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Sold Sept 2023
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Sold Jul 2016
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Sold Sept 2013
3 Coombe Cottages, The Coombe, Streatley, Reading, RG8 9QP
Sold May 2010
Price per m² for 1 Coombe Cottages lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,523
Street avg £4,503
Floor Area
109 m²
Street avg 68 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.1 t/year
Street avg 3.0 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
0.0 km
The Coombe cul de sac — bus stop.
Closest school
0.1 km
Streatley C.E. Voluntary Controlled School. 2 schools nearby.
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