RG8 8BP
Last sold £291,500 in April 2004
2, The Short, Reading
- Property type
- Detached
- Bedrooms
- 6 (est.)
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Floor area
- 1,292 sq ft / 120 sq m
- EPC rating
- C
- Elevation
- About 39m
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Price history in context
- Apr 2004 — £291,500 · +128.6% · 104 pts ahead of the UK market
- Jul 2002 — £127,500
What this home might be worth today
£601,000
Estimate range £571,000–£631,000
+106.2% since April 2004 — last sale carried forward by the UK House Price Index to April 2026.
paid in line with the local norm
vs 57 nearby sales within a year · 6-bed (est.) detached within 1 km
The life around it
- Westwood Farm Infant School 922m
- Purley CofE Primary School 420m
- Tilehurst station 1.5km
- Park Wood 933m
- The coast (coastline) 49.7km
- Lake 366m
- Pond 475m
- Canal 5.5km
- River Thames 391m
- Arthur Newbery Park 1.5km
- Bucknells Meadow 228m
- Asda 2.4km
- Colyton Way (Sw-Bound) 47m
Broadband
- Gigabit 1 Gbit/s or more 17.6% of premises — not all
- Ultrafast 100 Mbit/s or more 70.6% of premises — not all
- Superfast 30 Mbit/s or more 100% of premises
Ofcom figures for every home in this postcode — about fifteen addresses — not a measurement of this one. They say what can be ordered here, not the speed you would get: that depends on the package you buy. Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2024. About this data
Commute by train
From Tilehurst, 1.5km away
- 36 min London
- 36 min Oxford
- 67 min Bristol
- 101 min Birmingham
Train only, station to station, at the weekday morning peak — getting to the station is not included, because we don't know whether you'd walk, drive or take a bus. The distance to the platform is above so you can judge that yourself.
Schools nearby
Flood risk
Environment Agency flood risk from rivers and sea: Medium. Check the current map
Sunshine and hills
Sunshine: about 1,590 hours a year — sunnier than 50% of homes in England and Wales. Met Office average for this square kilometre, 1991–2020.
Hills: on level ground; surrounding hills hide about 4% of the year's sun. Buildings and trees are not counted.
Crime
Below average for England & Wales — 80 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data
Map
Location: exact
Nearby sold homes
- 6, Colyton Way, Reading £528,000 · 2019
- 4, Colyton Way, Reading £254,950 · 2016
- 4, Oak Tree Walk, Reading £395,000 · 2024
- 7, The Short, Reading £255,000 · 2024
- 1a, Colyton Way, Reading £175,000 · 2013
- 10, Colyton Way, Reading £112,500 · 1997
Planning activity nearby
- Permitted Non-Material Amendment to planning permission 25/00815/FUL: Replacement dwelling.… Mar 2026 source
- Permitted Approval of details reserved by Conditions (4) CMS, (10) Arboricultural Watching Brief,… Mar 2026 source
- Rejected Single storey side extension Jun 2026 source
- Undecided Converting the garage into another room, closing off the garage door with new brickwork… Jun 2026 source
- Withdrawn Section 73 application to vary condition 3 (Materials) of approved Reference Number:… Apr 2026 source
Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.
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