20, BENSON CLOSE, READING, RG2 7LP - £87,200

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20 BENSON CLOSE is a small extended detached house of 99m², built sometime between 1976 and 1982, which could now be worth an estimated £480,402. It was last sold for £87,200 in October 1996, which was around 33% below the average October 1996 detached price in the Reading local authority area. The most recent EPC inspection was April 2022, where the current energy rating was C, and the potential energy rating was B.

20 BENSON CLOSE Sold Prices

Land registry data shows one sale for 20 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
1996 25 OCT	£87,200	£130,039	33% below HPI

What might 20 BENSON CLOSE be worth now?

20 BENSON CLOSE might now be worth an estimated £480,402.

This is based on house price inflation of 450.9%, between October 1996 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 450.9% inflationary increase is applied to the most recent sale price for 20 BENSON CLOSE of £87,200 on 25th October 1996. For the value to have increased from £87,200 to £480,402 over the 30 years and five months to May 2026, the following assumptions must hold true:

• The value of 20 BENSON CLOSE has moved in line with the HPI for detached houses in the Reading local authority area.
• The October 1996 sale price of £87,200 represented a fair market value for the property.
• The size, condition, and specification of 20 BENSON CLOSE has not materially changed since October 1996.

How Large is 20 BENSON CLOSE?

20 BENSON CLOSE is 99m², which includes one extension, according to the EPC inspection conducted in April 2022. 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 20 BENSON CLOSE lies on this distribution: 27% of detached houses are smaller than 20 BENSON CLOSE, and 72% of detached houses are larger. Note that EPC data is not available for all properties in Reading.

20 BENSON CLOSE: Plot

20 BENSON CLOSE sits on a plot of roughly 0.077 of an acre, or 310m².

Where is 20 BENSON CLOSE?

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