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Centre of Town, 3 bedrooms, sleeps 6, own parking and patio close to The Oracle

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Private drive for 1 x car plus permit for free parking of second car on estate
Fully fitted white gloss kitchen, wahser dryers, dishwashers, fridge /freezer
Main bedroom with double fitted wardrobes
King bed in main bedroom
Fitted double wardrobes in main bedroom

Reviews

9.6 out of 10
Exceptional
4 bedrooms1+ bathroomSleeps 6

Popular amenities

  • Kitchen
  • Washing machine
  • Dryer
  • Free Wi-Fi
  • Outdoor space

Explore the area

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Reading, England
  • Place, Oracle
    ‪2 min walk‬
  • Place, Hexagon
    ‪6 min walk‬
  • Place, Reading Museum and Town Hall
    ‪9 min walk‬
  • Airport, London (LHR-Heathrow)
    ‪47 min drive‬

Rooms & beds

4 bedrooms (sleeps 6)

Bedroom 1

1 King Bed

Bedroom 2

2 Single Beds

Bedroom 2

1 Single Bed and 1 Crib

Lounge

1 Double Futon

1 bathroom, 1 half bathroom

Bathroom 1

Bathroom 1

Bathtub or shower · Toilet

Spaces

Deck or patio
Kitchen
Garden
Dining area

About this property

Centre of Town, 3 bedrooms, sleeps 6, own parking and patio close to The Oracle

This modern house has a fresh and clean 'feel' to it having been re-painted in June 2025 and has brand new carpets as of June 2025. Also refurbished to a high standard in the last couple of years, with a brand new fitted kitchen, new bathroom. This lovely modern 3 bedroom house is in a quiet private street but is also only 1 minute walk to Reading’s premier shopping destination, The Oracle which hosts 90 shops, combining chic boutiques with major department stores like Debenhams and House of Fraser. With a 10 screen Vue cinema and a wide range of eateries, there’s plenty to do besides shopping too.
This location is also excellent for business and conferences being minutes from Thames Valley Business Park, Green Park and also Reading Stadium.

It is in a quiet street with little traffic or passers by.

Free private off street parking in front of the house and a visitor additional use permit (free parking in the centre of Reading is rare!)

The property now has a brand new Samsung Crystal 50” 4K television with apps, logged into:- Apple, Disney, Amazon films and TV accounts suitable for adults and children, so perfect for those rainy nights in. The lounge has 2 x sofas and beanbag so plenty of room to ‘chill out’.

There is an outdoor private patio with table and chairs, perfect for spring and summer evening drinks or dining Alfresco!

It's only a 10 minute stroll to the major Reading railway station which connect visitors to London in 25 minutes (Reading to London Paddington). It's also really quick drive to M4, M25, M3, M40, A4, A329M, Winnersh Triangle etc.

There is so much to love about Reading and so much to do from Shopping to Festivals, Jazz clubs, the Reading Hexagon, Reading University and the River Thames to name a few.
NEW Child Stair-gate, brand new travel cot provided, Lego and some toys and childs bed in third bedroom

This house can now sleep up to 5 adults and a travel cot and now a brand new futon downstairs in the lounge as well which pulls out into a double bed, plus a good quality fold out single bed.

We will endeavour to make your stay as comfortable and relaxing as possible.

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House Rules

Check in after 4:00 PM

Check out before 10:00 AM

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Children

Children allowed: ages 0–17

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Events

No events allowed

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Pets

No pets allowed

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Smoking

Smoking is not permitted

Please do not cook curry’s or other strong smelling food as it’s very difficult to remove the smell for the next guest.

Please do not smoke in or around the property and no cigarette butts to be stubbed out or left anywhere in the garden.

Important information

You need to know

Property # 6911834
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
On-site parties or group events are strictly prohibited
Host has not indicated whether there is a carbon monoxide detector on the property; consider bringing a portable detector with you on the trip
Host has not indicated whether there is a smoke detector on the property

About the area

Reading

Located in Reading City Centre, a neighbourhood in Reading, this holiday home is near theme parks and near a water park. Predator Assault, Laser Combat and Caversham Golf Club are worth checking out if an activity is on the agenda, while those wishing to experience the area's natural beauty can explore Thames River and Mapledurham Country Park. Travelling with kids? Consider Rivermead Leisure Complex, or check out an event or a game at Madejski Stadium. Enjoy the area's slopes with skiing, and don't miss out on the sledging and ice skating.
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Reading, England

What's nearby

  • Oracle - 2 min walk - 0.2 km
  • Broad Street Mall - 5 min walk - 0.4 km
  • Hexagon - 6 min walk - 0.6 km
  • Reading Abbey Ruins - 9 min walk - 0.8 km
  • Reading Museum and Town Hall - 9 min walk - 0.8 km

Getting around

  • Reading (XRE-Reading Train Station) - 10 min walk
  • Farnborough (FAB) - 46 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Osaka - ‬4 min walk
  • ‪Ori Cafe - ‬4 min walk
  • ‪The Allied Arms - ‬4 min walk
  • ‪wagamama - ‬3 min walk
  • ‪Zizzi - ‬3 min walk

Frequently asked questions

Is Centre of Town, 3 bedrooms, sleeps 6, own parking and patio close to The Oracle pet-friendly?

No, pets are not allowed at this property.

How much does it cost to stay at Centre of Town, 3 bedrooms, sleeps 6, own parking and patio close to The Oracle?

As of 13 May 2026, prices found for a 1-night stay for 2 adults at Centre of Town, 3 bedrooms, sleeps 6, own parking and patio close to The Oracle on 5 Aug 2026 start from AU$268, including taxes and fees. This price is based on the lowest nightly price found in the last 24 hours for stays in the next 30 days. Prices are subject to change. Choose your dates for more accurate prices.

How much is parking at Centre of Town, 3 bedrooms, sleeps 6, own parking and patio close to The Oracle?

On-site parking is available at the property.

What time is check-in at Centre of Town, 3 bedrooms, sleeps 6, own parking and patio close to The Oracle?

Check-in begins at 4:00 PM.

What time is check-out at Centre of Town, 3 bedrooms, sleeps 6, own parking and patio close to The Oracle?

Checkout is at 10:00 AM.

Where is Centre of Town, 3 bedrooms, sleeps 6, own parking and patio close to The Oracle located?

This family-friendly holiday home is located in the city centre, within 1 mi (2 km) of Kennet & Avon Canal and Thames River. Oracle and Broad Street Mall are also within 5 minutes. Reading (XRE-Reading Train Station) is 10 minutes by foot and Reading Station is 10 minutes.

Reviews

9.6

Exceptional

Reviews are presented in chronological order, subject to a moderation process, and verified unless otherwise labelled.
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Rating 10 - Excellent. 30 out of 36 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 4 out of 36 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 1 out of 36 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 1 out of 36 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 36 reviews

9.6/10

Cleanliness

10/10

Check-in

10/10

Communication

10/10

Location

10/10

Listing accuracy

Reviews

Verified

10/10 Excellent

Lynn T.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Perfect location. Short walk to the train station. Clean. Easy parking. We had a great stay.
Front of house with parking
Kitchen - had enough room and was well enough equipped for us to cook quick meals.
Primary bedroom - had plenty of closet space
Upstairs bathroom
Stayed 6 nights in Aug 2025
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Anton D.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

5 Star Location and Communication

The facility was very clean and in an exceptional Readin location.
Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2025
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Dawn O.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Family visit in Reading

Great location. Good hosts
Stayed 5 nights in Jul 2023
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Suzanne H.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Very comfortable

Perfect for a short stay
Stayed 6 nights in Mar 2023
Verified

10/10 Excellent

amy k.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Close to city center

Really nice property and very close to train!
Stayed 5 nights in Mar 2022
Response from VrboOwner on 29 May 2022
Thank you for your review Amy! All the best Tess
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Jan H.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great week in Reading

We spent a week in this wonderful house. Enough room for the four of us, private parking and walking distance to Reading city centre, the Oracle and Reading station. An ideal base for trips to London and Oxford.
Stayed 7 nights in Mar 2024
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Matthew E.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great house

The house was great, I would definitely stay again. The only frustrating thing about the house is how the hot water is preset to turn off during certain times of the day.
Stayed 7 nights in Feb 2020
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Becky T.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

A delightful home!

Perfectly clean and well-appointed home near the Oracle. Easy walking to all parts of Reading including the train station. The home is bright and extremely comfortable. Tessa and Charles are perfect hosts - very responsive and easy to communicate with. We will be back!
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2024
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Matthew B.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Brilliant

Words cannot emphasize just how perfect this place is for a family of five who want quick and easy access to the sights of southern Britain. Just 12 minutes walk to the train station it was easy to get to and from London and Bath for our day trips. The home was clean, warm and cozy. The power strip for foreign plugs and toys for kids in the closet show the extra touches the place has for a traveling family. Driveway parking was great, Tessa was very quick in responding to all questions and queries we had. We will stay there again if in the area. Probably one of the best VRBO experiences we’ve had.
Stayed 5 nights in Mar 2023
Archival

8/10 Good

Sean A.

Modern Home & Super Clean

Having stayed at Tessa McLeod home with my family the service and level of communication was always professional. The home is super clean, conveniently located and walking distance to all public transport, shopping centres & restaurants. Tessa was aways available to answer any queries and offer advice when required. I would definitely recommend Tessa's modern home with new kitchen appliances especially for long term stays, as has all the trimmings for both a family or corporate professional. Regards, Sean
Stayed 31 nights in Dec 2016
Response from VrboOwner on 31 Mar 2020
Thank you so much for your lovely review, glad you enjoyed staying in my house, hope to see you back in the UK soon! All the best, Tessa
Verified

6/10 Okay

Charlie A.

Liked: Check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Could easily be 10/10 but needs a little attention.

Good: Comfy beds, generally well equipped, handy for reading station, 25 minute trains to london. Wifi / TV accounts all worked fine. Bad: Paintwork and carpets looking quite tired in places. Missing curtain in master bedroom? We had to hang the towels up! Numerous blown light bulbs etc. Ugly: Shower curtain was disgusting. House stank of cooking smells from previous guests. Not really the hosts fault but there didn't seem to have been much effort to air it or neutralise it. Could be a great house with a little TLC.
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2025
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Samantha F.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great location!

House is in a great location! Property was clean and had everything we needed! We were able to walk to shops, the train and bus station within a few minutes. It was perfect for us to visit with family while allowing the teens to get some shopping in. Thank you so much for allowing us to stay!
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2022
Verified

8/10 Good

Kath L.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Very good location for city centre. Comfortable property.

Easy booking process. Good communication from owner.
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2022
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Nick H.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Excellent

Perfect base for everything
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2022
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Todd C.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Exceptional location, well appointed, responsive host

This lovely property has 3 bedrooms upstairs. along with a full bath, Downstairs is a large kitchen with breakfast bar, combined living/dining room, and a half bath. There is a cute courtyard in the year that we enjoyed spending time in every evening. The location is superb with easy access to the Oracle upscale mall as well as the pedestrian only outside shopping area that had many entertainers. The unit was very clean, tastefully decorated and had everything needed from kitchen utensils to power adapters. The host, Tessa answered any and all questions in a very timely fashion. As we now have family in the area we will try to rent this property on subsequent visits.
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2022
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Julie Sørlie P.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Romantic and authentic English house

This is a wonderful English house with a lovely back garden. We had good communication with the hosts. They even helped us by providing faster internet that we needed to do our work. The house is just like the pictures, and it's a great place to stay. Perfect location if you want to live in the centre of Reading. It is also fairly close to the Themes and a large playground, we went there quite some times with our 2-year old son. The house is well equipped for children and has toys, a baby chair, and a safety gate. It's also a travel bed for children in the house, but if you have a longer stay as we did (we lived there for two months) I would recommend buying your own bed for your infant. We will definitely stay in this house again if the whole family return to Reading. And if you want the "English feeling" with the romantic houses and small back yards, this is perfect!
Stayed 52 nights in May 2021
Response from VrboOwner on 26 May 2022
Thank you so much for your wonderful review Julie! All the best Tess
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Gurdeep S.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Very nice property, clean and tidy

This property was ver nice and clean, spacious
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2020
Response from VrboOwner on 28 May 2022
Thank you for your review Gurdeep
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great

Excellent property to rent..had no problems at all..great hosts
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2020
Response from VrboOwner on 23 May 2022
Thank you for your review Gary, glad your like the house
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Karl P.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great location, very nice house and would stay again.

Very good, clean and great communication
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2020
Response from VrboOwner on 23 May 2022
Thank you for your review Karl
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Marcelo V.

Liked: Check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Awesome hosts

The house was nice, well located and have everything we needed, but the outstanding were the hosts. They were really kind and very supportive.
Stayed 29 nights in May 2020
Response from VrboOwner on 28 May 2022
Thank you so much for your glowing review Marcelo. All the best Tess
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Ian D.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great Stay

Great Stay, Good communication with owner. No Issues. Great Location.
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Louise O.

Perfect house, brilliant location, great landlady!

Tessa’s house was just right. Well equipped, clean and beautifully maintained. Communication was A1! Thank you Tessa, we will stay again!
Stayed 5 nights in Apr 2019
Verified

4/10 Poor

Amy H.

Nice location, cold water

This is a nice place for an affordable price with a great location. However, there is a "neSt" thermostat that turns off the hot water and heat for much of the time. We were catching excursions and air planes and were up early, forced to take freezing cold showers. Even those that tried to shower the night before had cold showers. Mildly annoying was the fact that the owner sent an email stating there would be cereal, milk and orange juice and in fact there was none.
Stayed 8 nights in Mar 2019
Response from VrboOwner on 31 Mar 2020
Hi Amy, so sorry to hear you had issues with the NEST control on the wall, I wish you had contacted me during your stay and I could have explained how it works, the hot water and heating is good at the house and definitely in this day and age with a modern Google system like NEST there is no need for freezing cold showers! Please do contact a host in future during your stay with things like this instead of remaining silent and suffering - what a shame! I'm so sorry to hear there was no cereal or milk that is odd as usually my cleaner replenishes the supplies before every guest so I'll look into this. We don't provide orange juice any more as we found when we did we were invariably throwing loads away as guests didn't manage to drink it all and it seemed wasteful - so that shouldn't be in the Welcome email, I will check, sorry if it was. We do however provide plenty of different teas, coffee, sugar, hot chocolate, butter, jam, honey marmite, marmalade, porridge, cereal and milk for our guests. I'm glad you liked the house and fabulous location and found it to be a very competitive price. All the best for the future, Tessa
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Silvia H.

Schönes kleines Haus mit guter Anbindung

Schönes Haus, alles da, was man braucht, nichts hat gefehlt, sehr freundliche und leicht erreichbare Vermieter. Super Verkehrsanbindung, trotzdem ruhig.
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2018
Verified

10/10 Excellent

sinéad h.

Comfortable house, homely and very central,

Stayed last week with my husband and four kids. It was perfect for our holiday and a great base. A couple of minutes stroll from the Oracle shopping center and lots of restaurants close by. Also the lovely touch of having tea/coffee milk, cereal and lots more provided by our host. I would highly recommend this house
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2018

About the host

Hosted by Tessa

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Hi ! We live in Warfield, Berkshire and are a family with two kids 16 and 14 years and love travelling all over the globe!
We manage and run several holiday homes so you can be confident all our places are great to stay in, clean, bright, modern and welcoming, with great facilities. We have some lovely reviews from recent guests so feel free to check them out and get in touch with either myself, Tessa or my husband Charles to ask any questions. We are always easy to contact when you are in our places to ask any questions or if you need any help with anything. Hope to see you soon!

Why they chose this property

Newly refurbished to a high standard, fresh modern house with own private driveway parking right in the centre of Reading town centre and 1 minute walk from the centre of the amazing Oracle and minutes from the main line train station to the rest of the country. Located in a very quiet street with hardly any traffic or passers by, so lovely and peaceful although in the middle of the action! Pretty unique we think! :o)
Here is a review from Amy Celino-Potter that stayed in the house recently - "We stayed in Tessa’s super-convenient and clean house for a week, really well-placed and just a few minutes walk to the High Street and the Oracle, also walkable from the station, but down a nice quiet side street. The kitchen equipment was all modern and worked well, as did the brand new shower. Good wifi connection. The toddler in the family enjoyed the kiddie films on offer. Tessa was always incredibly friendly and professional, quickly replying to any queries with helpful advice."

What makes this property unique

Completely refurbished,
Child Stair-gate, brand new travel cot provided, Lego and some toys.
Futon in lounge downstairs allows for 1 more guest.
You cannot get closer to the action in town yet retain a quiet, relaxing street and house atmosphere. Connections quickly to London, the South West, the North of England and major roads and motorways.

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English

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