RG2 0EH · Essex Street — sold prices, council tax and EPCs

What homes here actually sold for

Address	Sold	Price
45 Essex Street	Nov 2024	£175,000
37 Essex Street	May 2024	£335,000
12 Essex Street	Nov 2023	£300,000
62 Essex Street	Sep 2023	£330,000
42 Essex Street	Jul 2023	£310,000
36 Essex Street	May 2022	£266,000
4 Essex Street	Feb 2022	£305,000
45 Essex Street	Dec 2021	£300,000
48 Essex Street	Nov 2021	£275,000
31 Essex Street	Aug 2021	£265,000
46 Essex Street	Jun 2021	£280,000
39 Essex Street	May 2021	£287,500
44 Essex Street	Dec 2020	£265,000
37 Essex Street	Jul 2020	£295,000
39 Essex Street	Nov 2018	£275,000
62 Essex Street	Nov 2017	£275,000
2 Essex Street	Sep 2016	£275,000
42 Essex Street	Feb 2016	£325,000
34 Essex Street	Mar 2015	£205,000
64 Essex Street	Oct 2014	£195,000

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data — the price recorded on the deed, not an estimate. Showing the 20 most recent of 60.

Median sale price by year

Year	Sales	Median
2016	1	£275,000
2017	1	£275,000
2018	1	£275,000
2020	2	£280,000
2021	5	£280,000
2022	2	£285,500
2023	3	£310,000
2024	2	£255,000

A year with one or two sales is those sales, not a trend. Source: HM Land Registry.

Council tax bands here

Band A — 10 homesBand B — 58 homesBand C — 5 homesBand D — 1 home

8 homes here look banded above comparable neighbours.

17 Essex Street, Reading, Rg2 0eh	band D, neighbours typically B	61 of 62 lower
Top Flat 45 Essex Street, Reading, Rg2 0eh	band B, neighbours typically A	10 of 12 lower
58 Essex Street, Reading, Rg2 0eh	band C, neighbours typically B	56 of 62 lower
43 Essex Street, Reading, Rg2 0eh	band C, neighbours typically B	56 of 62 lower
10 Essex Street, Reading, Rg2 0eh	band C, neighbours typically B	56 of 62 lower
13 Essex Street, Reading, Rg2 0eh	band C, neighbours typically B	56 of 62 lower
41 Essex Street, Reading, Rg2 0eh	band C, neighbours typically B	56 of 62 lower
Ground Floor Flat 45 Essex Street, Reading, Rg2 0eh	band B, neighbours typically A	10 of 12 lower

Worth checking rather than acting on. A review can move a band down and it can move one up, and you can check any address free at gov.uk. This compares like with like - numbered houses against numbered houses, flats against flats - because a named house on the same street is usually simply a bigger house.

Source: Valuation Office Agency. Bands are 1991 values in England, 2003 in Wales.

Energy efficiency

C — 10D — 33E — 10F — 1

Typical home here: 92 m², 5 habitable rooms — median of 54 assessed homes.

Source: the EPC register. Only homes assessed since 2008 appear, so this is a sample of the street, not all of it.

On the market now

Address		Asking
Essex Street, Reading RG2	3 bed	£325,000
Essex Street, Reading, Berkshire, RG2	3 bed	£280,000
Essex Street, Reading, RG2	3 bed	—
Essex Street, Reading, Berkshire, RG2	5 bed	—

Asking prices as currently advertised. An asking price is what is wanted, not what is paid.