1a, Hatherley Road, Reading, RG1 5QA

1a is a mid-terrace house in Reading (RG1 5QA). It has a recorded floor area of 48 m² (around 517 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (October 2020) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since March 2009. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 90), a 2-band jump.

At 48 m² it sits well below the postcode median (85 m² across 37 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Most recent transfer: February 2021 at £230,000. Across the public record there are 6 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. Across 1998–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £257,000 is 11.7% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£445/sq ft) was about 135.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode.