Flat 1, 108 London Street, Reading, RG1 4SJ

Flat 1 is a mid-terrace house in Reading (RG1 4SJ). It has a recorded floor area of 70 m² (around 753 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. At 70 m² this is the largest unit on EPC record across the building (58–70 m²). The building's EPC ratings span E to D, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (52 versus a best of 61). The latest certificate (September 2020) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it C (September 2020); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Very Good to Poor and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

Across 2017–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £229,000 is 75.5% below the 2021 sale of £935,000, a rare downward gap that often correlates with deferred maintenance or unfinished works. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£1,241/sq ft) was about 267% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 70 m² the property is well over the postcode median (53 m² across 55 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. Last sale on file: £935,000 in March 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.