RG5 3EG
Last sold £173,500 in April 2005
72, Howth Drive, Reading
- Property type
- Terraced
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Elevation
- About 56m — higher than about 50% of homes in Reading
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Price history in context
- Apr 2005 — £173,500 · +28.5% · 25 pts behind the UK market
- Jul 2001 — £135,000 · +24.4% · 3 pts ahead of the UK market
- Nov 1999 — £108,500 · +35.7% · 8 pts ahead of the UK market
- Oct 1997 — £79,950
What this home might be worth today
£331,000
Estimate range £314,000–£347,000
+90.6% since April 2005 — last sale carried forward by the UK House Price Index to April 2026.
paid in line with the local norm
vs 101 nearby sales within a year · terraced within 1 km
The life around it
- Highwood Primary School 10-min walk
- The Bulmershe School 6-min walk
- Earley station 1.6km
- High Wood(Tithe:South Land Coppice) 912m
- The coast (coastline) 40.6km
- South Lake 1.2km
- Pond 628m
- Kennet And Avon Canal 2.7km
- River Thames 1.4km
- Wheble Park 151m
- Play Area 204m
- Southlake Parade Convenience Store 1.0km
- Chequers Way (Adj 47) 37m
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 Earley, 1.6km away
- 36 min Oxford
- 39 min London
- 82 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: outside every mapped risk area. Check the current map
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.
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 2% of the year's sun. Buildings and trees are not counted.
Crime
Around average for England & Wales — 105 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data
Map
Location: approximate (postcode)
Nearby sold homes
- 70, Howth Drive, Reading £206,500 · 2011
- 74, Howth Drive, Reading £315,000 · 2016
- 10, Walton Close, Reading £317,000 · 2020
- 18a, Walton Close, Reading £363,000 · 2016
- 9, Yeoman Place, Reading £125,000 · 2002
- 8, Yeoman Place, Reading £330,000 · 2023
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