6 Cranford Mews, Berkeley Avenue, Reading, RG1 6HD

6 Cranford Mews is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Reading (RG1 6HD). It has a recorded floor area of 40 m² (around 431 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band B. At 40 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (40–40 m²). The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (46 versus a best of 76). The latest certificate (April 2021) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (November 2009); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Average, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good and main heating went from Poor to Average; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 74), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Last sale on file: £177,000 in September 2022. Across the public record there are 4 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 2000–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.3% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£411/sq ft) was about 168.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode.