16 Arthur Place, Reading, RG1 3JP

16 Arthur Place is an end-of-terrace house in Reading (RG1 3JP). It has a recorded floor area of 77 m² (around 829 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (January 2025) shows an F (score 37), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on to be used only when there is no heating/hot. At 77 m² this is the 23rd smallest of 26 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 29–78 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (37 versus a best of 80).

At 77 m² the property is well over the postcode median (48 m² across 25 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£284/sq ft) was about 15.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sold in October 2015, so it's been off the market for around 11 years.