5 Haywood Court, Reading, RG1 3QF

5 Haywood Court is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Reading (RG1 3QF). It has a recorded floor area of 67 m² (around 721 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. At 67 m² this is the 10th smallest of 12 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 38–102 m². The building's EPC ratings span D to C, with this unit at the top. The latest certificate (July 2022) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 81).

Held since March 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. Today's modelled estimate of £227,000 sits 285.1% above the 1996 sale of £58,950. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£82/sq ft) was about 70.9% below the postcode norm. At 67 m² it's 24.1% larger than the typical home in the postcode (54 m² median across 11 EPCs).