Highgate Road, Woodley, Reading
South East
£400,000
Listed on 18/07/2026
Listed on 18/07/2026
The listing
Property details
Bedrooms
3Type
Semi DetachedArea
1018 sqftFeatures
- Garage
- Garden
Description
A three-bedroom semi-detached house in Woodley's South Lake area, offered with no onward chain and requiring modernisation. The ground floor has an entrance hall, a kitchen overlooking the rear garden with a side door, and a lounge/dining room measuring over 20 feet with access to the garden. Upstairs are two double bedrooms, a further single bedroom and a family bathroom.
Outside, the property has an enclosed rear garden with gated side access and access to the garage. Local amenities, schools, Woodley town centre and Earley station are described as within walking distance, with Twyford station, Dinton Pastures Country Park and the A329M and M4 also accessible by car. The existing accommodation and garden provide scope for updating, subject to inspection and any required consents.
WHOTS analysis
Our WHOTS verdict
An internal assessment of the opportunity to acquire, improve and create value.
54out of 100
Grade DWeak opportunity
Confidence: MEDIUM
This three-bedroom semi in South Lake has a useful canvas: a large lounge/dining room, enclosed garden, driveway and garage, with schools, Woodley town centre and Earley station within reach. The asking price is about 5% below the local average per square foot, which is a positive, but the overall score is still weak: at the £27,500 renovation midpoint, the purchase plus works is slightly above the implied current local average value, before fees or any stamp duty.
The project is mainly about bringing several rooms up to date: refreshing the marked floors and patchy wall finishes, improving the dated kitchen and bathroom, and tidying the sparse-looking lawn. The visible exterior appears generally intact, with no obvious major roof failure in the available views.
Key opportunities
- Refresh worn timber floors and incomplete wall finishes across the photographed rooms.
- Update the dated kitchen, including finishing the area beneath the worktop, and modernise the bathroom.
- Make more of the enclosed rear garden, with its gated side access and connection to the garage.
Key risks
None recorded.
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Transport
Nearest stations
Earley Rail Station
0.5 miles
Train · Earley
Winnersh Triangle Rail Station
0.9 miles
Train · Winnersh Triangle
Winnersh Rail Station
1.7 miles
Train · Winnersh
Twyford Rail Station
2.9 miles
Train · Twyford
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Current average variable rate is 6.58%
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£1,634
Based on a loan of £300,000 over 30 years at 5.13% interest
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Pricing
Price history
-5.9% since listed
£400,000£25,000(-5.9%)
30/10/2026£425,000Initial listing
19/07/2026Services
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