Montrose House, Flat 8, Vachel Road, Reading, RG1 1NY

Montrose House is a mid-terrace house in Reading (RG1 1NY). It has a recorded floor area of 59 m² (around 635 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2003-2006 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (January 2019) returns a B (score 81), comfortably above the UK average. When first surveyed in February 2009 the rating was C, the property has climbed 1 band since. Main heating runs on electricity. At 59 m² this is the 16th 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 December 2006, a hold of 19 years that's notably long for the area. At 59 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 2002–2006, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £170,000 is 46.6% above the 2006 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£183/sq ft) was about 34.2% below the postcode norm.