RG31 5QF
Last sold £605,000 in February 2018
8, Barefoot Close, Reading
- Property type
- Detached
- Bedrooms
- 5 (est.)
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Floor area
- 1,539 sq ft / 143 sq m
- EPC rating
- D
- Elevation
- About 77m — higher than about 80% of homes in Reading
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Price history in context
- Feb 2018 — £605,000 · +178.2% · 31 pts behind the UK market
- Aug 1998 — £217,500 · +144.5% · 121 pts ahead of the UK market
- Aug 1996 — £88,950
What this home might be worth today
£788,000
Estimate range £748,000–£827,000
+30.2% since February 2018 — last sale carried forward by the UK House Price Index to April 2026.
paid well above the local norm at the time
vs 48 nearby sales within a year · 5-bed (est.) detached within 1 km
The life around it
- Birch Copse Primary School 17-min walk
- Downsway Primary School 13-min walk
- Tilehurst station 1.8km
- Vicarage Copse/Wood 426m
- The coast (coastline) 50.2km
- Lake 1.7km
- Pond 347m
- Canal 3.6km
- Sulham Brook 1.6km
- Arthur Newbery Park 927m
- Play Area 128m
- Local Xpress 1.0km
- Fairford Road (Opp) 213m
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, 1.8km 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
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3 Denefield School · Secondary 0.5 miles State Ofsted Good Attainment 8: 49.3 — top 40% nationally (2023)
Flood risk
Environment Agency flood risk from rivers and sea: outside every mapped risk area. Check the current map
Sunshine and hills
Sunshine: about 1,580 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 14% of the year's sun. Buildings and trees are not counted.
Crime
Below average for England & Wales — 28 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data
Map
Location: exact
Nearby sold homes
- 1, Barefoot Close, Reading £155,950 · 1995
- 6, Barefoot Close, Reading £222,500 · 2002
- 7, Barefoot Close, Reading £320,000 · 2005
- 10, Barefoot Close, Reading £450,000 · 2007
- 9, Barefoot Close, Reading £300,000 · 2005
- 2, Barefoot Close, Reading £359,950 · 2007
Planning activity nearby
- Permitted T1 - English oak: Tip-reduce the lateral branches over the garden by 2m (+/- 0.5m),… Jun 2026 source
- Permitted Demolition of existing conservatory, erection of part single part two story rear… Jun 2026 source
- Undecided A Householders planning application for a first floor rear extension, Including external… Apr 2026 source
- Undecided OJ2N and OJ2P (T1 and T2) - Oak: Remove all deadwood and crown reduction of approx 20-… Apr 2026 source
- Permitted Single storey side and rear extension Jul 2026 source
Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.
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