RG31 4XQ
Last sold £185,000 in May 2002
38, Gatcombe Close, Reading
- Property type
- Semi-detached
- Bedrooms
- 3 (est.)
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Floor area
- 1,012 sq ft / 94 sq m
- EPC rating
- D
- Elevation
- About 58m — higher than about 60% of homes in Reading
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Price history in context
- May 2002 — £185,000 · +117.6% · 24 pts ahead of the UK market
- Apr 1995 — £85,000
What this home might be worth today
£499,000
Estimate range £474,000–£524,000
+169.5% since May 2002 — last sale carried forward by the UK House Price Index to April 2026.
paid well above the local norm at the time
vs 146 nearby sales within a year · 3-bed (est.) semi-detached within 1 km
The life around it
- Calcot Infant School and Nursery 4-min walk
- Calcot Junior School 4-min walk
- Theale station 2.0km
- Garstons/Kiln Copses 302m
- The coast (coastline) 49.9km
- Lake 903m
- Pond 732m
- Canal 1.2km
- River Kennet 916m
- Linear Park 331m
- Play Area 218m
- Best-One 151m
- Calcot Priory (Adj) 172m
Broadband
- Gigabit 1 Gbit/s or more 97.6% of premises — not all
- Ultrafast 100 Mbit/s or more 97.6% 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 Theale, 2.0km away
- 38 min London
- 53 min Oxford
- 70 min Bristol
- 105 min Cardiff
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: outside every mapped risk area. Check the current map
Sunshine and hills
Sunshine: about 1,590 hours a year — sunnier than 60% of homes in England and Wales. Met Office average for this square kilometre, 1991–2020.
Hills: on level ground; surrounding hills hide about 3% of the year's sun. Buildings and trees are not counted.
Crime
Above average for England & Wales — 125 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data
Map
Location: exact
Nearby sold homes
- 37, Gatcombe Close, Reading £385,000 · 2024
- 35, Gatcombe Close, Reading £420,000 · 2024
- 42, Gatcombe Close, Reading £230,000 · 2013
- 19, Gatcombe Close, Reading £82,500 · 1997
- 39, Gatcombe Close, Reading £87,000 · 1997
- 17, Gatcombe Close, Reading £84,950 · 1997
Planning activity nearby
- Undecided Loft conversion including new pitched roof dormer to front elevation and rooflights to… Apr 2026 source
- Permitted Proposed conversion of store to wc and study. Jun 2026 source
- Permitted Damaged tree - Removal of branches blocking footpath May 2026 source
Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.
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