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Guide Price£1,530,000

Strathmore Drive, Charvil, Reading

Bedrooms
7
Bathrooms
2

Key Features

  • Two substantial detached family homes included in the sale
  • Additional land to the rear offering development potential (STP)
  • Potential for approximately 2–4 dwellings, subject to planning approval
  • Located in highly sought-after village of Charvil
  • Excellent access to Twyford, Reading, and London transport links
  • Strong school catchment including Charvil Primary and The Piggott School
  • Immediate ‘exchange of contracts’ available
  • Being sold via ‘Secure Sale’

Description

A rare residential development opportunity in the heart of Charvil, offering two substantial detached family homes together with additional land to the rear, providing significant potential for further development subject to planning permission.

Full Description - FEASIBILITY ASSESSMENT FOR PLANNING AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. An exceptional opportunity to acquire two linked detached family homes, situated on a generous and well-positioned plot in one of Charvil’s most desirable residential roads. The property is further enhanced by additional land to the rear, offering clear development potential subject to the necessary planning consents, with scope for approximately 2 to 4 dwellings (STP), depending on scheme design and approval.

Located in the highly sought-after village of Charvil, the site sits between Sonning and Twyford, approximately five miles east of Reading. The village is surrounded by attractive countryside and offers an excellent quality of life, with nearby riverside walks, a local nature reserve, and a strong selection of outdoor and recreational amenities.

Charvil benefits from a welcoming community atmosphere with local conveniences and traditional public houses, while nearby Twyford provides a wider range of shops, cafés, restaurants, and services. Twyford also offers excellent transport links, including a mainline railway station with fast services to Reading and London Paddington.

The area is particularly popular with families due to its strong educational provision, with the property falling within the catchment for Charvil Primary School and The Piggott School, a highly regarded secondary school with an excellent reputation.

This is a rare opportunity to acquire a substantial residential holding in a prestigious village location, combining immediate value from two existing detached homes with strong long-term development potential to the rear, subject to planning.

Strap Line - Being sold via Secure Sale online bidding. Terms & Conditions apply. Starting Bid £1,650,000. These properties will be legally prepared enabling any interested buyer to secure the properties immediately once their bid/offer has been accepted. Ultimately a transparent process which provides speed, security and certainty for all parties.

Auctioneers Additional Comments - Pattinson Auction are working in Partnership with the marketing agent on this online auction sale and are referred to below as 'The Auctioneer'. This auction lot is being sold either under conditional (Modern) or unconditional (Traditional) auction terms and overseen by the auctioneer in partnership with the marketing agent.
The property is available to be viewed strictly by appointment only via the Marketing Agent or The Auctioneer. Bids can be made via the Marketing Agents or via The Auctioneers website.

Please be aware that any enquiry, bid or viewing of the subject property will require your details being shared between both any marketing agent and The Auctioneer in order that all matters can be dealt with effectively. The property is being sold via a transparent online auction. In order to submit a bid upon any property being marketed by The Auctioneer, all bidders/buyers will be required to adhere to a verification of identity process in accordance with Anti Money Laundering
procedures. Bids can be submitted at any time and f rom anywhere.

Our verification process is in place to ensure that AML procedure are carried out in accordance with the law. The advertised price is commonly ref erred to as a ‘Starting Bid’ or ‘Guide Price’ and is accompanied by a ‘Reserve Price’. The ‘Reserve Price’ is conf identical to the seller and the auctioneer and will typically be within a range above or below 10% of the ‘Guide Price’ / ‘Starting Bid’. These prices are subject to change.

An auction can be closed at any time with the auctioneer permitting for the property (the lot) to be sold prior to the end of the auction. A Legal Pack associated with this particular property is available to view upon request and contains details relevant to the legal documentation enabling all interested parties to make an informed decision prior to bidding. The Legal Pack will also outline the buyers’ obligations and sellers’ commitments. It is strongly advised that you seek the counsel of a solicitor prior to proceeding with any property and/or Land Title purchase.

Auctioneers Additional Comments
In order to secure the property and ensure commitment f rom the seller, upon exchange of contracts the successful bidder will be expected to pay a non-refundable deposit equivalent to 5% of the purchase price of the property. The deposit will be a contribution to the purchase price. A nonrefundable reservation fee up to 6% inc VAT (subject to a minimum which could be up to £7,200 inc VAT) is also required to be paid upon agreement of sale. The Reservation Fee is in addition to the agreed purchase price and consideration should be made by the purchaser in relation to any Stamp Duty Land Tax liability associated with overall purchase costs.
Both the Marketing Agent and The Auctioneer may believe necessary or beneficial to the customer to pass their details to third party service suppliers, f rom which a referral fee may be obtained. There is no requirement or indeed obligation to use these recommended suppliers or services.

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Property details

Tenure
Freehold
Council Tax Band
F
Date Posted
2026-07-04

Utilities & Restrictions

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Listed status, conservation areas and planning constraints for this location are in the full report.

Property Features

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Beyond the particulars: planning activity, flood history, heritage and ground risks, checked for this exact spot.

Connectivity

Broadband

Fastest speed available at this postcode

1 Gbps

Gigabit full fibre · available to 67% of premises

Suitable for

  • 4K streaming on every screen
  • Full-time home working
  • Online gaming & big downloads

Mobile signal

CallsDataEE Good GoodO2 Good GoodThree Good GoodVodafone Good Good

Outdoor predictions; indoor signal depends on building materials.

Ofcom Connected Nations postcode-level predictions. Speeds and signal are modelled, not measured, and vary between addresses and providers.

Signal is the easy part. Planning activity, flood history and protected designations here are in the full report.

Nearest Schools

Primary

  • Polehampton Church of England Infant School1 mileOfsted: Good
    Ages
    4 to 7
    Pupils
    148
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Sonning Church of England Primary School1 mileOfsted: Outstanding *
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    210
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Polehampton Church of England Junior School1.1 milesOfsted: Good *
    Ages
    7 to 11
    Pupils
    232
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Church of England
  • The Piggott School1.1 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    4 to 18
    Pupils
    1,945
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Willow Bank Junior School1.2 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    7 to 11
    Pupils
    235
    Type
    Academy converter

Secondary

  • Waingels0.9 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,382
    Type
    Academy converter
  • The Piggott School1.1 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    4 to 18
    Pupils
    1,945
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Church of England
  • The Bulmershe School2.1 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,530
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Maiden Erlegh School in Reading3.1 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    889
    Type
    Free schools
  • UTC Reading3.1 milesOfsted: Good *
    Ages
    14 to 19
    Pupils
    299
    Type
    University technical college

* Latest graded judgement covers quality of education only; no overall grade was issued under the 2024-25 inspection framework.

Distances are straight-line from the advertised location. Source: the national school registers (DfE, Welsh Government, Scottish Government) and Ofsted.

Schools are just the start: sold prices nearby, planning activity and any flood history are in the full report.

Amenities

Supermarket

Co-op Petrol Charvil, Charvil361 metres
Tesco Twyford Rd Express, Twyford, Berkshire0.9 miles
Waitrose Twyford, Twyford, Berkshire0.9 miles

GP surgery

Twyford Surgery1.1 miles

Pharmacy

Day Lewis Pharmacy0.9 miles

Hospital

Royal Berkshire Hospital3.6 miles

Green space

Public Park Or Garden329 metres

Walking trail

Thames Path0.8 miles

Straight-line distances from the advertised location. Sources: NHS records, Geolytix supermarket locations, OS Open Greenspace and the national trails registers.

The area stacks up? Now check the location itself: planning nearby, protected designations and past flooding.

Getting Around

Nearest station

Twyford Rail Station1.1 miles

Nearest bus stop

Park View Drive South205 metres

Typical drive times

Reading11 min · 4.8 miles
Woodley5 min · 2.2 miles
Wokingham14 min · 7.7 miles
Henley-on-Thames11 min · 5.8 miles
St Albans (city)52 min · 42 miles

Straight-line distances from the advertised location; drive times are typical free-flow times over OpenStreetMap road data, so allow more at peak. Public transport locations from DfT NaPTAN.

Easy to reach matters. So do planning activity, flood history and ground risks: all in the full report.

Flood Risk

From Environment Agency flood map open data, checked around the advertised map pin and allowing for the listed acreage where known. This summary comes from LandSale, the advertising platform, not from the listing agent, and is not part of the agent's particulars. Risk can vary across a single holding, so verify anything critical through your own searches before committing.

Rivers and the sea

Flood Zone 1Lower risk

Surface water

Outside the mapped risk bandsVery low risk

The detail behind these bandings

The full report pinpoints where this location sits on the flood maps, and runs the deeper checks that usually only surface after an offer.

  • Exact flood zones & annual chances (included in the full report)
  • Any recorded past flooding (included in the full report)
  • Planning activity nearby (included in the full report)
  • Heritage & conservation (included in the full report)
  • Protected nature designations (included in the full report)
  • Ground risks (included in the full report)
  • Sold prices nearby (included in the full report)

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