1 Boult Street, Reading, RG1 4RD

1 Boult Street is a two-bedroom detached house in Reading (RG1 4RD). It has a recorded floor area of 97 m² (around 1044 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (August 2014) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. When first surveyed in May 2009 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Average to Good, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The latest certificate is from August 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.

Held since November 1999 — that's 27 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 £278,000 sits 221.4% above the 1999 sale of £86,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£83/sq ft) was about 74.6% below the postcode norm. At 97 m² it's 18.3% larger than the typical home in the postcode (82 m² median across 5 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 80% of similar EPCs).