RG8 8BA
Last sold £330,000 in August 2011
5, Farm Close, Reading
- Property type
- Detached
- Bedrooms
- 6 (est.)
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Floor area
- 1,701 sq ft / 158 sq m
- EPC rating
- A
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Price history in context
- Aug 2011 — £330,000 · +148.1% · 14 pts ahead of the UK market
- Nov 1998 — £133,000 · +46.2% · 25 pts ahead of the UK market
- Dec 1996 — £91,000
What this home might be worth today
£569,000
Estimate range £541,000–£598,000
+72.5% since August 2011 — last sale carried forward by the UK House Price Index to April 2026.
paid in line with the local norm
vs 44 nearby sales within a year · 6-bed (est.) detached within 1 km
The life around it
- Westwood Farm Infant School 873m
- Purley CofE Primary School 251m
- Tilehurst station 1.5km
- Park Wood 1.1km
- The coast (coastline) 49.8km
- Lake 528m
- Pond 645m
- Canal 5.4km
- River Thames 553m
- Arthur Newbery Park 1.5km
- Play Area 92m
- Asda 2.4km
- Colyton Way (Ne-Bound) 131m
Broadband
- Gigabit 1 Gbit/s or more 100% of premises
- Ultrafast 100 Mbit/s or more 100% of premises
- 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
Noise
Road noise here is mapped at 55–59 dB (Lden, DEFRA 2022) — audible traffic.
Modelled annual average at this point, not a measurement on the doorstep. Below 55 dB is not mapped.
Crime
Below average for England & Wales — 59 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data
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Nearby sold homes
- 4, Farm Close, Reading £460,000 · 2025
- 3, Farm Close, Reading £80,000 · 1996
- 1, Farm Close, Reading £275,000 · 2010
- 16, Farm Close, Reading £410,000 · 2018
- 6, Farm Close, Reading £263,000 · 2006
- 2, Farm Close, Reading £420,000 · 2024
Planning activity nearby
- Undecided Converting the garage into another room, closing off the garage door with new brickwork… Jun 2026 source
- Permitted Approval of details reserved by Conditions (4) CMS, (10) Arboricultural Watching Brief,… Mar 2026 source
- Permitted Non-Material Amendment to planning permission 25/00815/FUL: Replacement dwelling.… Mar 2026 source
- Permitted Demolition of the existing single skin brick breakfast area and replacement with a larger… May 2026 source
- Permitted T1 (pine): Remove to just above ground level due to health and safety concerns (see… Mar 2026 source
Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.
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