18 Stanshawe Road, Reading, RG1 1PB

18 Stanshawe Road is a four-bedroom mid-terrace house in Reading (RG1 1PB). It has a recorded floor area of 83 m² (around 893 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (May 2025) shows an E (score 45), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (December 2008); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Very Good and lighting went from Good to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and main heating dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

It hasn't traded since December 1997, a hold of 28 years that's notably long for the area. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 4 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 2 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £328,000 sits 368.9% above the 1997 sale of £69,950. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£78/sq ft) was about 58% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.