RG8 8LU
Last sold £209,500 in May 2000
Blackbirds, Reading
- Property type
- Bungalow
- Bedrooms
- 5 (est.)
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Floor area
- 1,572 sq ft / 146 sq m
- EPC rating
- C
- Elevation
- About 119m
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Price history in context
- May 2000 — £209,500 · +47.5% · 0 pts ahead of the UK market
- Feb 1997 — £142,000
What this home might be worth today
£688,000
Estimate range £654,000–£723,000
+228.6% since May 2000 — last sale carried forward by the UK House Price Index to April 2026.
The life around it
- Whitchurch Primary School 4.4km
- Basildon C.E. Primary School 537m
- Howard's Halt station 2.8km
- Harley Hill Wood 1.1km
- The coast (coastline) 56.4km
- Lake 2.8km
- Pond 2.6km
- Canal 7.4km
- River Thames 2.9km
- Pangbourne Meadow 3.9km
- Play Area 1.0km
- Co-Op Food 3.8km
- Upper Basildon Flexi Area (Drt) 52m
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 Pangbourne, 3.5km away
- 40 min London
- 41 min Oxford
- 71 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
Sunshine and hills
Sunshine: about 1,560 hours a year — sunnier than 40% 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
Among the lowest for England & Wales — 35 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data
Map
Location: exact
Nearby sold homes
- Bush House, Reading £1,200,000 · 2021
- 2, The Triangle, Reading £390,000 · 2015
- Jasmine Cottage, The Triangle, Reading £590,000 · 2014
- 3, The Triangle, Reading £525,000 · 2015
- Sakura, Reading £695,000 · 2005
- Campion House, Aldworth Road, Reading £955,000 · 2021
Planning activity nearby
- Permitted Proposed remodelling of the existing bungalow, first floor addition, two storey rear… Jul 2026 source
- Permitted This is an application for the removal of defective cement render and planted timber… May 2026 source
- Permitted We wish to install a car charging point on the end wall (driveway) side of the house. Jun 2026 source
- Withdrawn Householders Planning application for the removal of a detached garage block and… Apr 2026 source
- Permitted We wish to replace rotten 1970s casement windows with similar windows in keeping with the… Apr 2026 source
Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.
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