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Melchester Close, SP8

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

Median sold price
£158,000
all recorded sales
£ per m²
£2,827
from EPC floor areas
Recorded sales
21
Distinct homes
6
Price range
£68,000£250,000
Sales recorded
2001 → 2025
first to latest sale
The street in brief

Sales on Melchester Close are mostly terraced houses. The median sale price is £158,000, about 41% below the typical SP8 sale. On floor area that works out near £2,827 per square metre, below the district's £3,119. Too few recent sales to read a street-level trend, but across SP8 prices have held broadly level over the last few years. The record shows 21 sales across 6 homes since 2001.

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Melchester Close prices over time

Median sold price on the street by year, from 21 HM Land Registry records. Years with no recorded sales are left blank rather than joined up.

This street — yearly medianSP8 district trend
£0£100k£200k£300k£400k200520102015202020252001: £86,500 median · 4 sales2002: £124,000 median · 1 sale2003: £125,000 median · 1 sale2004: £127,000 median · 1 sale2006: £134,000 median · 3 sales2007: £161,000 median · 1 sale2013: £163,500 median · 2 sales2015: £136,000 median · 1 sale2017: £199,000 median · 1 sale2018: £165,700 median · 1 sale2020: £212,500 median · 2 sales2021: £170,000 median · 1 sale2025: £215,000 median · 2 sales

Median sold price by year vs the SP8 district trend. Street medians on thin years reflect few sales — hover a dot for the exact figure.

How Melchester Close compares

Melchester Close against the SP8 district's busiest streets, the district itself, and the official UK House Price Index for the wider area.

Bay Road£330k · 35
Lakeside Drive£310k · 61
Wyke Road£284k · 46
Shaftesbury Road£275k · 36
Maple Way£210k · 29
Melchester Close£158k · 21*
Newbury£145k · 63
Oake Woods£137k · 29
King Edmund Court£131k · 30
Barnaby Mead£130k · 47

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
£158,000
median · all recorded sales
SP8 district
£268,274
median · last 8 years · street -41%
England
£291,445
average price (UK House Price Index), Apr 2026 · +3.9% in 12 months

Melchester Close's £158,000 median sits about 41% below SP8's £268,274; on floor space it runs £2,827/m² against the district's £3,119/m² (-9%).

Street and SP8 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 Melchester Close.

Terraced
£159,500
18 sales
Detached
£124,000
3 sales

Every recorded sale on Melchester Close

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

DateAddressTypeNew buildPrice
30 Jun 20256 · SP8 4FBTerraced£250,000
26 Mar 20257 · SP8 4FBnon-standardTerraced£187,000
3 Jan 20253 · SP8 4FBTerraced£180,000
14 May 20214 · SP8 4FBTerraced£170,000
26 Oct 20206 · SP8 4FBTerraced£250,000
11 Feb 20202 · SP8 4FBTerraced£175,000
8 Jun 20187 · SP8 4FBTerraced£165,700
18 May 20175 · SP8 4FBTerraced£199,000
10 Jul 20154 · SP8 4FBTerraced£136,000
4 Oct 20136 · SP8 4FBTerraced£169,000
27 Mar 20135 · SP8 4FBTerraced£158,000
16 Mar 20076 · SP8 4FBTerraced£161,000
18 Aug 20065 · SP8 4FBDetached£174,950
26 May 20067 · SP8 4FBTerraced£134,000
12 May 20067 · SP8 4FBTerraced£130,000
4 Aug 20044 · SP8 4FBTerraced£127,000
28 Aug 20032 · SP8 4FBTerraced£125,000
12 Jul 20025 · SP8 4FBDetached£124,000
18 Apr 20016 · SP8 4FBTerracedYes£100,000
16 Feb 20013 · SP8 4FBTerracedYes£73,000
26 Jan 20015 · SP8 4FBDetachedYes£107,000
19 Jan 20014 · SP8 4FBTerracedYes£68,000

Sales marked non-standardare Land Registry “additional price paid” entries — bulk purchases, repossessions, right-to-buy and similar transfers. They're listed for completeness but excluded from every median and comparison figure on this page.

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More streets in SP8

Sold-price profiles for nearby streets, and the wider SP8 area guide.

NewburyFern Brook LaneKing John RoadChaffinch ChaseMarlott RoadBarnaby MeadMaple WayWyke RoadWeatherbury RoadOake WoodsThe MeadowsChurch View
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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.