17 De Beauvoir Road, Reading, RG1 5NS

17 De Beauvoir Road is a four-bedroom mid-terrace house in Reading (RG1 5NS). It has a recorded floor area of 83 m² (around 893 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (July 2019) shows a D (score 58), a step below the typical UK home. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since July 2009. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average and lighting dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 87), a 2-band jump.

Held since April 1996 — that's 30 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £329,000 sits 647.7% above the 1996 sale of £44,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£49/sq ft) was about 73.5% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2002. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 83 m² it's 18.6% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (102 m² median across 26 EPCs). 4 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 2 is the typical count.