RG7 1QL
Last sold £460,000 in July 2013
Highmead, Basingstoke Road, Reading
- Property type
- Detached
- Bedrooms
- 4 (est.)
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Floor area
- 1,206 sq ft / 112 sq m
- EPC rating
- E
- Elevation
- About 67m — higher than about 70% of homes in Reading
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Price history in context
- Jul 2013 — £460,000 · +58.1% · 8 pts behind the UK market
- Mar 2002 — £291,000
What this home might be worth today
£773,000
Estimate range £734,000–£812,000
+68.0% since July 2013 — last sale carried forward by the UK House Price Index to April 2026.
paid below the local norm at the time
vs 8 nearby sales within two years · 4-bed (est.) detached within 1 km
The life around it
- Alder Grove Church of England Primary School 4.9km
- Riseley Green School 5-min walk
- Station 19-min walk crosses a major road
- Collins Copse (Osd: Highbarn (?) Coppice. Tithe Map: Collin's Coppice)(Tithe:Part Of Collins Coppice) 473m
- The coast (coastline) 45.1km
- Lake 881m
- Pond 503m
- Kennet And Avon Canal 8.2km
- River Loddon 1.3km
- Wellington Country Park 294m
- Playing Field 251m
- Spencers Wood Store 3.2km
- Dog And Partridge (Opp) 20m
Broadband
- Gigabit 1 Gbit/s or more Not available
- Ultrafast 100 Mbit/s or more 45.5% of premises — not all
- 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 Mortimer, 4.9km away
- 45 min London
- 45 min Oxford
- 70 min Bristol
- 104 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
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 60–64 dB (Lden, DEFRA 2022) — a busy road within earshot.
Modelled annual average at this point, not a measurement on the doorstep. Below 55 dB is not mapped.
Sunshine and hills
Sunshine: about 1,640 hours a year — sunnier than 70% 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
Below average for England & Wales — 108 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data
Map
Location: exact
Nearby sold homes
- Woodside Cottage, Basingstoke Road, Reading £194,950 · 2000
- Old Sun House, Basingstoke Road, Reading £685,000 · 2014
- 32, St Legers Way, Reading £560,000 · 2021
- 9, Yeosfield, Reading £315,000 · 2009
- Cherrytree Cottage, Basingstoke Road, Reading £350,000 · 2000
- Nithsdale House, Basingstoke Road, Reading £395,000 · 2004
Planning activity nearby
- Undecided Outline application with all matters reserved except for access for the construction of… Mar 2026 source
- Undecided Erection of a single storey rear extension Jun 2026 source
Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.
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