17 Alpha House Flats, Kendrick Road, Reading, RG1 5DR

17 Alpha House Flats is a one-bedroom detached house in Reading (RG1 5DR). It has a recorded floor area of 45 m² (around 484 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band A. At 45 m² this is the largest unit on EPC record across the building (21–45 m²). The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (February 2018) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

Untraded for 23 years, with the last transfer in February 2003. At 45 m² the property is well over the postcode median (24 m² across 25 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 1998–2003, sale prices on this property compounded at 21.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £174,000 sits 59.6% above the 2003 sale of £109,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£225/sq ft) was about 38.3% below the postcode norm.