8 Belle Vue Road, Reading, RG1 7TX

8 Belle Vue Road is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Reading (RG1 7TX). It has a recorded floor area of 69 m² (around 743 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (February 2020) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since February 2010. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and main heating went from Average to Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and lighting dropped from Very Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 73), a 2-band jump. Period features are noted in the property record. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.

It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 83% of similar EPCs). Across 1997–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.5% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£458/sq ft) was about 80.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: March 2022 at £340,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.