7, Mortons Lane, RG7 6QQ
7 Mortons Lane is a 147 m² / 1,582 sq ft detached home in Upper Bucklebury. It sold for £800,000 in March 2025. Indexed forward to today's value, that sale is roughly £885k. Recent local prices imply a broad valuation context of £600k to £889k based on its internal area. The Land Registry and EPC data was last updated 1 June 2026.
- Sale history
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Date Paid price Annual growth After inflation Mar 2025 £800,000 3.7% 0.6% Jan 2015 £550,000 3.0% 0.7% Sep 2006 New build New £430,000 na na - Internal area
- 147 square metres (1,582 square feet) according to latest EPC inspection
- Price per internal area
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This property sold for £5,442 per square metre (£506 per square foot) in Mar 2025. Indexed forward to today's value, this is roughly £6,021 per square metre (£559 per square foot) .
Date Paid price Paid £/sqm Today's value Today's value £/sqm Mar 2025 £800,000 £5,442 £885,097 £6,021 Jan 2015 £550,000 £3,741 £803,777 £5,468 Sep 2006 £430,000 £2,925 £749,867 £5,101 Calculated using the latest EPC internal area of 147 m². Earlier sale dates may not have had the same measured area available.
- Valuation
- The most recent sale price indexed forward to today's value is £885,097. This is one data point to inform the valuation. Another method is the valuation implied by what comparable homes are selling for. Homes in Upper Bucklebury are now selling for between £4,080 and £6,050 per square metre (£379 and £562 per square foot). Based on an internal area of 147 m², this implies a valuation between £600,000 and £889,000. Treat this as context only. For a valuation using hand-picked comparable sales, use the Advanced search tool — create a shortlist of similar condition homes, then export a valuation report.
- Bedrooms
- 4
- Type
- Detached
- Council tax band
- G
- Plot size
- 787 square metres (8,471 square feet) - map showing freehold boundary lines
- Planning ref:
- February 2024 23/02835/HOUSE
- Type:
- Full and householder planning application
- Status:
- Application approved
- Address:
- 7 Mortons Lane Upper Bucklebury Reading
- Description:
- Proposed single storey rear extension
- Planning ref:
- July 2017 17/01868/TPW
- Type:
- Tree and hedge works
- Status:
- Application approved
- Address:
- 7 Mortons Lane Upper Bucklebury Reading Berkshire
- Description:
- Oak - Raise canopy to approximately 4m above ground level and prune away from garage roof to give 1-1.25m clearance. Pruning should only remove tertiary branch structure with no cuts exceeding 50mm in diameter.
- Planning ref:
- January 2017 16/03096/TPW
- Type:
- Tree and hedge works
- Status:
- Application refused
- Address:
- 7 Mortons Lane Upper Bucklebury Reading Berkshire
- Description:
- Request by household to provide more light to garden and to reduce density of tree to ensure future safety and management of trees.2 no. Oak Trees -To raise the canopy over the garden to approx 5 meters from ground level by removing the secondary growth back to source, the resulting pruning cuts are to be no larger than 50mm in diameter. To tip reduce the lowest limbs overhanging the garage roof to give a minimum 1 meter clearance.To reduce the limbs by no greater than 1 meter from the tip of the lateral branches to a suitable growth point leaving a pruning cut no greater than 25mm.To remove all dead wood over 25 mm in diameter and to thin the resulting crowns by approx 20% folia, this will result in the removal of epicormic growthonly, of a stem diameter no greater than 10mm3no. Holly Trees and 1no. Hawthorne - The holly trees are reducing light to the garden and providing competition to the Oak trees.I advise to fell to ground level and to treat with eco plugs the resulting stumps to deter regeneration.
- Summary:
- 06 February 2025 - energy performance certificate grade C
- Certificate:
- View energy certificate on GOV.UK
- Reason for EPC:
- marketed sale
- Tenure:
- Owner-occupied
- Property type:
- Detached House , has 7 habitable rooms. Estimated year built 2003 to 2006
- Area:
- 147 sqm (1,582 square foot) total internal area
- Comments:
- Walls: Cavity wall, as built, insulated (assumed). Roof: Pitched, 300 mm loft insulation. Heating: Boiler and radiators, mains gas.
- Summary:
- 08 September 2014 - energy performance certificate grade C
- Certificate:
- View energy certificate on GOV.UK
- Reason for EPC:
- marketed sale
- Tenure:
- Owner-occupied
- Property type:
- Detached House , has 6 habitable rooms. Estimated year built 2003 to 2006
- Area:
- 148 sqm (1,593 square foot) total internal area
- Comments:
- Walls: Cavity wall, as built, insulated (assumed). Roof: Pitched, 300+ mm loft insulation. Heating: Boiler and radiators, mains gas.
7 Mortons Lane is worth whatever price a willing buyer and seller agree upon. However, the following can provide useful context.
- HouseMetric estimates the most recent sale price indexed forward to today's value is £885,097.
- Based on an internal area of 147 m² and recent prices in Upper Bucklebury, this implies a lower and upper quartile range from £600,000 to £889,000, using HouseMetric's implied valuation methodology.
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