21 Highgrove Street, Reading, RG1 5EJ

21 Highgrove Street is a mid-terrace house in Reading (RG1 5EJ). It has a recorded floor area of 107 m² (around 1152 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (November 2019) shows a C (score 71). When first surveyed in October 2017 the rating was F, the property has climbed 3 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, window efficiency went from Average to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 84).

At 107 m² the property is well over the postcode median (77 m² across 66 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 77% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £410,000 sits 57.7% above the 2018 sale of £260,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£226/sq ft) was about 16% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 6 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 4 refused. Past consents include HMO conversion and change of use to residential, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On the market in April 2018 and unlisted since — roughly 8 years.