Flat 3, 28 Baker Street, Reading, RG1 7XX

Flat 3 is a semi-detached house in Reading (RG1 7XX). It has a recorded floor area of 42 m² (around 452 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. At 42 m² this is the largest unit on EPC record across the building (30–42 m²). The latest certificate (August 2018) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in January 2012 the rating was G, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 73% of similar EPCs). Across 2014–2016, sale prices on this property compounded at 12.6% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£374/sq ft) was about 33% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On the market in September 2016 and unlisted since — roughly 10 years. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused.