RG4 8SB
Last sold £486,000 in March 2023
85, Buckingham Drive, Reading
- Property type
- Semi-detached
- Bedrooms
- 5 (est.)
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Floor area
- 1,066 sq ft / 99 sq m
- EPC rating
- C
- Elevation
- About 79m — higher than about 80% of homes in Reading
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Price history in context
- Mar 2023 — £486,000 · +194.5% · 7 pts ahead of the UK market
- May 2001 — £165,000 · +120.0% · 48 pts ahead of the UK market
- Jun 1995 — £75,000
What this home might be worth today
£513,000
Estimate range £487,000–£538,000
+5.5% since March 2023 — last sale carried forward by the UK House Price Index to April 2026.
paid below the local norm at the time
vs 60 nearby sales within a year · 5-bed (est.) semi-detached within 1 km
The life around it
- Caversham Primary School 1.2km
- The Hill Primary School 309m
- Reading station 2.6km
- Blackhouse Wood 611m
- The coast (coastline) 44.2km
- Lake 1.9km
- Emmer Green Pond 75m
- Kennet And Avon Canal 2.9km
- River Thames 1.9km
- Public Park 13m
- Playing Field 175m
- Budgens Emmer Green 201m
- The Pond (Opp) 69m
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 Reading, 2.6km away
- 22 min Oxford
- 23 min London
- 48 min Bristol
- 83 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
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3 Highdown School and Sixth Form Centre · Secondary 0.5 miles State Attainment 8: 53.5 — top 20% nationally (2023)
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 2% of the year's sun. Buildings and trees are not counted.
Crime
Around average for England & Wales — 89 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data
Map
Location: exact
Nearby sold homes
- 83, Buckingham Drive, Reading £615,000 · 2024
- 81, Buckingham Drive, Reading £432,000 · 2024
- 36, Knights Way, Reading £118,000 · 1999
- 73, Buckingham Drive, Reading £225,000 · 2012
- 4, Langford Close, Reading £212,500 · 2009
- 24, Knights Way, Reading £408,000 · 2020
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