16 Katesgrove Lane, Reading, RG1 2ND

16 Katesgrove Lane is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Reading (RG1 2ND). It has a recorded floor area of 100 m² (around 1076 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (December 2020) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump.

At 100 m² the property is well over the postcode median (67 m² across 27 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 70% of similar EPCs). Across 1999–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £262,000 sits 80.7% above the 2021 sale of £145,000. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Sold July 2021 for £145,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.