3 London Road, Reading, RG1 5BJ

3 London Road is an end-of-terrace house in Reading (RG1 5BJ). It has a recorded floor area of 68 m² (around 732 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (May 2022) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in January 2010 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good and main heating went from Poor to Average; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 68 m² the property is well over the postcode median (49 m² across 30 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. 8 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 4 refused. Past consents include an extension and change of use to residential, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £300,000 is 27.7% above the 2015 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£321/sq ft) was about 38.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 11 years since the last transfer (September 2015).