2 Amity Street, Reading, RG1 3LP

2 Amity Street is a seven-bedroom semi-detached house in Reading (RG1 3LP). It has a recorded floor area of 166 m² (around 1787 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (November 2025) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 3 certificates since October 2015. Between certificates, roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average and lighting dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 80).

Held since September 1996 — that's 30 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 166 m² the property is well over the postcode median (72 m² across 30 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 7 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £426,000 sits 628.2% above the 1996 sale of £58,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£33/sq ft) was about 82.4% below the postcode norm. 8 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 4 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.