3 Boult Street, Reading, RG1 4RD

3 Boult Street is a one-bedroom detached house in Reading (RG1 4RD). It has a recorded floor area of 43 m² (around 463 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band B. At 43 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (43–97 m²). The building's EPC ratings span D to C, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (February 2013) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since May 2012. Between certificates, window efficiency dropped from Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 77). The latest certificate is from February 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 43 m² it sits well below the postcode median (83 m² across 5 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Across 1995–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.4% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£454/sq ft) was about 60.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £210,000 in September 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.