3 Benyon Mews, Bath Road, Reading, RG1 6HX

3 Benyon Mews is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Reading (RG1 6HX). It has a recorded floor area of 40 m² (around 434 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (October 2008) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 73). The latest certificate is from October 2008, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since December 2008 — that's 17 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. Across 1997–2008, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £242,000 sits 86.2% above the 2008 sale of £130,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£300/sq ft) was about 21.3% below the postcode norm. At 40 m² it sits well below the postcode median (61 m² across 9 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 78% of similar EPCs).