8 Fobney Street, Reading, RG1 6BY

8 Fobney Street is a three-bedroom mid-terrace house in Reading (RG1 6BY). It has a recorded floor area of 74 m² (around 797 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (May 2019) shows a C (score 74). When first surveyed in January 2009 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 88).

Held since July 2000 — that's 26 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 £398,000 sits 186.3% above the 2000 sale of £139,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£175/sq ft) was about 38.6% below the postcode norm. At 74 m² it's 25.4% larger than the typical home in the postcode (59 m² median across 7 EPCs).