4 Dover Street, Reading, RG1 6AX

4 Dover Street is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Reading (RG1 6AX). It has a recorded floor area of 63 m² (around 678 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (June 2018) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since July 2009. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Average; while wall efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 2-band jump.

Held since October 2009 — that's 17 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale fell during the post-crash dip, which often skews comparisons against later neighbouring sales. At 63 m² it's 17.1% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (76 m² median across 19 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 1998–2009, sale prices on this property compounded at 9.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £275,000 sits 71.9% above the 2009 sale of £160,000.