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Essex Cottages, RG7

Sold prices, £/m² and street profile from HM Land Registry records.

Median sold price
£265,000
all recorded sales
£ per m²
£3,766
from EPC floor areas
Recorded sales
6
Distinct homes
4
Price range
£178,000£460,000
Sales recorded
2001 → 2019
first to latest sale
The street in brief

Essex Cottages is mostly semi-detached houses. Homes here typically change hands around £265,000 — roughly 40% below the RG7 norm. On floor area that works out near £3,766 per square metre, below the district's £4,342. Too few recent sales to read a street-level trend, but across RG7 prices have held broadly level over the last few years. With 6 sales across 4 homes since 2001, homes here come to market only rarely.

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Essex Cottages prices over time

Median sold price on the street by year, from 6 HM Land Registry records. Years with no recorded sales are left blank rather than joined up.

This street — yearly medianRG7 district trend
£100k£200k£300k£400k£500k200520102015202020252001: £178,000 median · 1 sale2003: £225,000 median · 1 sale2008: £240,000 median · 1 sale2015: £460,000 median · 1 sale2016: £337,000 median · 1 sale2019: £290,000 median · 1 sale

Median sold price by year vs the RG7 district trend. Street medians on thin years reflect few sales — hover a dot for the exact figure.

How Essex Cottages compares

Essex Cottages against the RG7 district's busiest streets, the district itself, and the official UK House Price Index for the wider area.

The Street£580k · 61
Reading Road£513k · 64
Ryeish Lane£453k · 66
Shipridge Drive£420k · 84
Basingstoke Road£400k · 118
Coronation Drive£393k · 51
Hayes Drive£369k · 85
Meadow Way£325k · 48
Fullbrook Avenue£280k · 176
Essex Cottages£265k · 6*

Median sold price and sale count over the last 8years for the district's busiest streets. *This street's figures cover all recorded sales (fewer than 3 in the last 8 years).

This street
£265,000
median · all recorded sales
RG7 district
£440,000
median · last 8 years · street -40%
England
£291,445
average price (UK House Price Index), Apr 2026 · +3.9% in 12 months

Essex Cottages's £265,000 median sits about 40% below RG7's £440,000; on floor space it runs £3,766/m² against the district's £4,342/m² (-13%).

Street and RG7 figures are medians of HM Land Registry sales; the England figures are the UK House Price Index mix-adjusted average — a different basis, so compare direction rather than levels between the two.

Prices by property type

Median sold price by property type on Essex Cottages.

Semi-detached
£288,500
4 sales
Terraced
£257,500
2 sales

Every recorded sale on Essex Cottages

Individual transactions as recorded by HM Land Registry, newest first.

DateAddressTypeNew buildPrice
7 Aug 20199 · RG7 3BPTerraced£290,000
16 Nov 20164 · RG7 3BNSemi-detached£337,000
7 Aug 20156 · RG7 3BNSemi-detached£460,000
5 Sept 20086 · RG7 3BNSemi-detached£240,000
13 May 20031 · RG7 3BNTerraced£225,000
3 Aug 20016 · RG7 3BNSemi-detached£178,000
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More streets in RG7

Sold-price profiles for nearby streets, and the wider RG7 area guide.

Basingstoke RoadFullbrook AvenueThe StreetReading RoadBath RoadMallard WayWoodcock CourtMeadow WayHyde End RoadWoodfield WayAbbey GardensHorseshoe Crescent
RG7 house prices & area guide →

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, including the UK House Price Index. EPC data © Crown copyright. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures summarise recorded sales on the street and are not a valuation of any individual home.