SODC have always been a nightmare....

Was always going to happen and I expect more development on the Reading border soon. It happened before when Woodcote Way etc was built, then they moved the LA boundaries to include the new housing (including my house, incidentally) in 1974, took 40 years to do though. Meanwhile, rates/council tax go to Oxford, and residents use Reading services. Also a problem with the Earley/Tilehurst estates paying council tax to Wokingham and Newbury respectively.

Bloody farcical gerrymandered LA boundaries to keep Labour in power in Reading. Sigh. With all LAs legally required to build masses of new houses now, SODC were always going to stick it on the edge of Reading.

This bloke's been trying to sell his gaff for ages now, over a year, it backs on to the field which is going under this new development. Has just reduced his asking though from 765 to 749, but it's not enough and he is stuck. I've been looking at moving recently to get rid of my mortgage, I'd have it for £150k less.

www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-64077272.html