48 Goldsmid Road, Reading, RG1 7YB

48 Goldsmid Road is a three-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Reading (RG1 7YB). It has a recorded floor area of 85 m² (around 915 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (August 2022) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in April 2016 the rating was G, the property has climbed 3 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Good to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 79).

At 85 m² the property is well over the postcode median (56 m² across 33 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 2016–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 1.9% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£415/sq ft) was about 88.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold December 2022 for £380,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.