Montrose House, Flat 3, Vachel Road, Reading, RG1 1NY

Montrose House is an end-of-terrace house in Reading (RG1 1NY). It has a recorded floor area of 44 m² (around 474 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2007 onwards and council tax band A. The latest certificate (January 2019) shows a C (score 76), near the top of the C band. When first surveyed in December 2008 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and main heating dropped from Poor to Very Poor. 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 across 18 units on file.

Held since October 2005 — that's 21 years off the open market, well above the local norm. 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. Today's modelled estimate of £158,000 sits 61.9% above the 2005 sale of £97,570. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£206/sq ft) was about 23.1% below the postcode norm.