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42, Brook Street West, Reading is recorded publicly as a period freehold house across 548 ft2 of internal area, sitting on a 86 m2 plot.
Locally, houses of this size normally have 2 bedrooms with a garden.
Our estimate of the sale value of 42, Brook Street West, Reading is £230,934 and its rental estimate is £1,417 per month, given the available information and assuming reasonable condition.
Brook Street West, Reading, RG1 falls within the RG1 postal district.
42, Brook Street West, Reading has 51 entries in the Land Registry , most recently in October 2017 and a single entry in the EPC database dated July 2017.
We combine this information with that of neighbouring properties to estimate the property attributes and values.
The local information is scored as 5 out of 5 and is considered of high accuracy.
The condition of a property plays an important role in determining its value, with the degree of impact varying by property type, size and location.
For 42, Brook Street West, Reading, we estimate a market value of £242,481 and a rental value of £1,488 per month when presented in very good decorative order. Should the property require extensive cosmetic improvement, those figures would reduce to £214,769 and £1,318 per month respectively.
Over the last year, 42, Brook Street West, Reading has seen its estimated sale value decline by £5,845 (2.5%) and its estimated rental value climb by £31 per month (2.2%). This results in an estimated gross rental yield of 7.4%.
HM Land Registry records the plot of land for 42, Brook Street West, Reading as measuring 86 m2.
That makes it the 17th largest plot in the postcode, where all 24 other houses have recorded plot data.
42, Brook Street West, Reading has an Energy Performance Rating (EPC) of D. This is based on the most recent assessment, dated 24 Jul 2017.
The property is connected to mains gas and has partial double glazing. It is heated using Boiler and radiators, mains gas.
The most recent sale of 42, Brook Street West, Reading completed on 4th October 2017 at £263,000 and was recorded by HM Land Registry as a freehold house.
Since 1995 the property has sold 5 times.
Values of comparable properties have risen by 2.9% over the period since October 2017.
Over the past 2 years 3 properties similar to 42, Brook Street West, Reading have sold within a radius of 370 metres, per the Land Registry and our network of Estate Agents.
The latest, on the 20th June 2025, was 47, Wolseley Street, Reading, RG1 6AZ, a freehold house which sold for £276,000.
Read more about house prices in RG1.
•Nearby is defined as the radius comprising the nearest 2,000 addresses.
Of the 24 addresses on Brook Street West, Reading, RG1, 42, Brook Street West, Reading comes out as the 24th largest and the 24th most expensive in our analysis of the public data.
It is also £65k less expensive than the average property across the RG1 district.
From 42, Brook Street West, Reading, the nearest station is Reading, 1.0 kilometres away.
Broadband here reaches superfast speeds, based on recent Ofcom data.
According to recent data from Ofcom, Superfast broadband is available in the area.
The flood risk here is rated very low, based on Environment Agency data.
The recent census recorded whether a resident owned or rented their home.
In the area around 42, Brook Street West, Reading, % of property is and % is .
The graph below shows how this compares to South East and the rest of England & Wales.
The recent census recorded the highest level of education achieved by residents in the local area.
In the area around 42, Brook Street West, Reading, 0.0% of residents are recorded as possessing school level qualifications and 0.0% as possessing degree level qualifications.
The graph below shows how this compares to South East and the rest of England & Wales.
The recent census recorded whether a property was a primary or secondary home for the resident.
In the area around 42, Brook Street West, Reading, 0.0% of property was a second home.
Comparison figures for South East and the rest of England & Wales are listed below.
The recent census recorded the number of cars registered in each household.
In the area around 42, Brook Street West, Reading, there are an average of 0.0 cars per household.
See below for how this compares to South East and the rest of England & Wales.