18 Blakes Quay, Gas Works Road, Reading, RG1 3EW

18 Blakes Quay is a three-bedroom mid-terrace house in Reading (RG1 3EW). It has a recorded floor area of 140 m² (around 1507 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2003-2006 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (May 2022) returns a B (score 84), comfortably above the UK average. The rating has held steady at B across 2 certificates since May 2012. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. At 140 m² this is the 24th smallest of 25 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 50–160 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to B, with this unit at the top. On EPC score it ranks first in the building (84 versus a worst of 53). Other recorded features include a balcony.

Held since April 2006 — that's 20 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 140 m² the property is well over the postcode median (64 m² across 24 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 71% of similar EPCs). Across 1995–2006, sale prices on this property compounded at -2.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £499,000 is 32% above the 2006 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£251/sq ft) was about 36.6% below the postcode norm.