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Buying at RG2 9PS

Before you offer on a home at RG2 9PS: the checks to raise with your surveyor and conveyancer, whether an asking price stands up against what sold nearby, how prices here have moved since 1995, what it costs to run a home, and a buyer's report for every home on the postcode.

Nothing at this postcode stands out to raise before an offer, and a street where the typical sale was £480k. In Arborfield & Garrison.

3 clear£480k typical on Rickman Close

The checklist

Before you make an offer

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Ground: shrink-swell clay (subsidence) moderate, running sand moderateBGS rates the wider 5 km area for these; it describes the area, not the plot. Mention it to your surveyor, especially for an older home or big trees near the house.
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1 listed building within 200 mIf the home itself is listed, most changes inside and out need consent: check the National Heritage List.
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Noise above WHO guidelines: road 56 dB24-hour averages from Defra's 2022 noise maps (England). Visit at rush hour and at night.
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Busy road: A327, 360 m awayAbout 12,656 vehicles a day in 2025 (DfT traffic counts).
Clear
No coal mining riskOutside the Coal Authority's coalfield.
Clear
No river or sea flood risk recordedNot in the Environment Agency's high or medium risk areas. Surface water isn't included: check the exact address on GOV.UK.
Clear
Gigabit broadband100% of premises in the postcode can get it (Ofcom).

Xoserve, UKHSA/BGS radon atlas, BGS GeoSure, Coal Authority, Environment Agency (© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026), Defra noise maps, Historic England, Ofcom, council planning registers (OGL). For a particular home, its buyer's report (below) adds tenure, energy rating, age and extensions.

Price

Is the asking price fair?

£480ktypical sale on Rickman Close, last 10 years

£4,898typical price per m² in Arborfield & Garrison

£3,330–£9,230per m² for homes at RG2 9PS sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £4,898 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £441k. Check an asking price.

HM Land Registry sold prices; floor areas from energy certificates.

Trend

Prices in Arborfield & Garrison

Arborfield & Garrison

+70% over ten years (2015 to 2025).

Typical (median) sale price each year, all home types, HM Land Registry.

Comparables

What sold nearby in the last two years

Type	Sales	Typical	Range
Detached	156	£700k	£317k – £1.85m
Semi-detached	86	£518k	£292k – £755k
Terraced	51	£375k	£178k – £540k
Flat	35	£290k	£97k – £845k

Standard sales in Arborfield & Garrison. Every recent sale.

Running costs

What it costs to live here

A home's own band, energy rating and typical bills are in its buyer's report.

MHCLG council tax; Xoserve gas connections.

Supply

How often homes come up

0sales on Rickman Close in the last two years

328sales in Arborfield & Garrison in the last two years

HM Land Registry standard sales.

Check a home

Buyer's reports for homes at RG2 9PS

Home	Last sold	Floor area
1, Rickman CloseSemi-detached	£600,000, Jun 2019	65 m²	Buyer's report →
2, Rickman CloseSemi-detached	£360,000, Jan 2014	116 m²	Buyer's report →
3, Rickman CloseSemi-detached	£146,000, Nov 2001	–	Buyer's report →
7, Rickman CloseTerraced	£325,000, Jan 2021	92 m²	Buyer's report →
8, Rickman CloseTerraced	£237,500, Nov 2013	92 m²	Buyer's report →
11, Rickman CloseSemi-detached	£480,000, Apr 2017	144 m²	Buyer's report →
11a, Rickman CloseDetached	£165,000, Feb 1998	166 m²	Buyer's report →

Each report: sale history, today's estimate, energy rating, running costs and the questions for your solicitor.

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Buying at RG2 9PS

Nothing at this postcode stands out to raise before an offer, and a street where the typical sale was £480k. In Arborfield & Garrison.

3 clear£480k typical on Rickman Close

Before you make an offer

Note

Ground: shrink-swell clay (subsidence) moderate, running sand moderateBGS rates the wider 5 km area for these; it describes the area, not the plot. Mention it to your surveyor, especially for an older home or big trees near the house.

Note

1 listed building within 200 mIf the home itself is listed, most changes inside and out need consent: check the National Heritage List.

Note

Noise above WHO guidelines: road 56 dB24-hour averages from Defra's 2022 noise maps (England). Visit at rush hour and at night.

Note

Busy road: A327, 360 m awayAbout 12,656 vehicles a day in 2025 (DfT traffic counts).

Clear

No coal mining riskOutside the Coal Authority's coalfield.

Clear

No river or sea flood risk recordedNot in the Environment Agency's high or medium risk areas. Surface water isn't included: check the exact address on GOV.UK.

Clear

Gigabit broadband100% of premises in the postcode can get it (Ofcom).

Is the asking price fair?

£480ktypical sale on Rickman Close, last 10 years

£4,898typical price per m² in Arborfield & Garrison

£3,330–£9,230per m² for homes at RG2 9PS sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £4,898 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £441k. Check an asking price.

HM Land Registry sold prices; floor areas from energy certificates.

What homes cost and rent in Arborfield & Garrison, by size

Size	Typical value today	Cheaper quarter	Estimated rent	Gross yield
1 bed *	£237k	£191k	£1,050 a month	5.3%
2 beds	£358k	£326k	£1,340 a month	4.5%
3 beds	£409k	£354k	£1,550 a month	4.5%
4+ beds	£746k	£575k	£2,380 a month	3.8%
All homes	£455k	£365k	£1,400 a month	3.7%

Values: sales since 2021 of homes with an energy certificate (bedrooms estimated from its rooms), carried to today on the local price index; the cheaper quarter is what a quarter of them go for under. * Too few sales here, so the council's figure. Rents are estimates: the council's typical private rent (ONS) adjusted for how values here compare. Gross yield = a year's rent ÷ value, before costs. Compare it with other places