17, BENSON CLOSE, READING, RG2 7LP - £418,000

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17 BENSON CLOSE is a small extended detached house of 100m², built sometime between 1967 and 1975, which could now be worth an estimated £484,762. It was last sold for £418,000 in March 2021, which was around 32% below the average March 2021 detached price in the Reading local authority area. The most recent EPC inspection was February 2020, where the current energy rating was D, and the potential energy rating was B.

17 BENSON CLOSE Sold Prices

Land registry data shows one sale for 17 BENSON CLOSE since 1^st January 1995. The below table shows the price paid for the one sale, along with the average detached price in the Reading local authority area for the corresponding sale date. The average price is sourced from the Office for National Statistics' House Price Index (HPI).

Date	Price	HPI Price	Variation from HPI
2021 19 MAR	£418,000	£617,746	32% below HPI

What might 17 BENSON CLOSE be worth now?

17 BENSON CLOSE might now be worth an estimated £484,762.

This is based on house price inflation of 16%, between March 2021 and May 2026, for detached houses, in the Reading local authority area, as calculated by the Office for National Statistics and published in their UK House Price Index (HPI).

The 16% inflationary increase is applied to the most recent sale price for 17 BENSON CLOSE of £418,000 on 19th March 2021. For the value to have increased from £418,000 to £484,762 over the four years and ten months to May 2026, the following assumptions must hold true:

• The value of 17 BENSON CLOSE has moved in line with the HPI for detached houses in the Reading local authority area.
• The March 2021 sale price of £418,000 represented a fair market value for the property.
• The size, condition, and specification of 17 BENSON CLOSE has not materially changed since March 2021.

How Large is 17 BENSON CLOSE?

17 BENSON CLOSE is 100m², which includes one extension, according to the EPC inspection conducted in February 2020. This puts it in the smallest 30% of detached houses in Reading, based on EPC data. The below chart shows the distribution of detached houses by size in Reading, and where 17 BENSON CLOSE lies on this distribution: 28% of detached houses are smaller than 17 BENSON CLOSE, and 71% of detached houses are larger. Note that EPC data is not available for all properties in Reading.

17 BENSON CLOSE: Plot

17 BENSON CLOSE sits on a plot of roughly 0.084 of an acre, or 338m².

Where is 17 BENSON CLOSE?

17 BENSON CLOSE is located in READING, in the RG2 postcode district.