Montrose House, Flat 15, Vachel Road, Reading, RG1 1NY

Montrose House is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Reading (RG1 1NY). It has a recorded floor area of 44 m² (around 474 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (January 2019) returns a B (score 83), comfortably above the UK average. When first surveyed in December 2008 the rating was C, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Good, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. Main heating runs on electricity. At 44 m² this is the 11th smallest of 18 units on EPC record in Montrose House, where floor areas span 29–60 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to B, with this unit at the top.

It hasn't traded since August 2006, a hold of 20 years that's notably long for the area. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. At 44 m² the property is well over the postcode median (33 m² across 56 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 82% of similar EPCs). Across 2001–2006, sale prices on this property compounded at 9.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £182,000 is 21.3% above the 2006 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£317/sq ft) was about 22.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode.