Montrose House, Flat 6, Vachel Road, Reading, RG1 1NY

Montrose House is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Reading (RG1 1NY). It has a recorded floor area of 43 m² (around 463 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (August 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; while main heating dropped from Average to Poor. Main heating runs on electricity. At 43 m² this is the 8th 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 October 2005, a hold of 21 years that's notably long for the area. At 43 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). Today's modelled estimate of £170,000 is 42.3% above the 2005 sale price.