2 Heritage Court, Castle Hill, Reading, RG1 7RP

2 Heritage Court is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Reading (RG1 7RP). It has a recorded floor area of 68 m² (around 732 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. At 68 m² this is the largest unit on EPC record across 2 Heritage Court (51–68 m²). The building's EPC ratings span D to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (64 versus a best of 71). The latest certificate (January 2017) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in March 2013 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and lighting went from Average to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 75).

At 68 m² the property is well over the postcode median (51 m² across 51 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 1995–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.9% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£362/sq ft) was about 44.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 2 refused. Sold April 2021 for £265,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.