Projection West, Flat 34, Merchants Place, Reading, RG1 1ET

Projection West is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Reading (RG1 1ET). It has a recorded floor area of 48 m² (around 517 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2003-2006 and council tax band C. At 48 m² this is the 7th smallest of 43 units on EPC record in Projection West, where floor areas span 37–73 m². The building's EPC ratings span C to B, with this unit at the bottom. Other recorded features include a balcony. The latest certificate (March 2020) shows a C (score 80), near the top of the C band. The rating has held steady at C across 2 certificates since January 2010. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 84). Main heating runs on electricity.

Across 2007–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 0.9% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£399/sq ft) was about 20.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 48 m² it's 15.8% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (57 m² median across 42 EPCs). Last sale on file: £206,000 in March 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.