8 Epping Close, Reading, RG1 7YD

8 Epping Close is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Reading (RG1 7YD). It has a recorded floor area of 49 m² (around 527 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (April 2023) shows an E (score 40), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in April 2009 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. At 49 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 21 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 48–74 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom.

Held since May 2006 — that's 20 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Across 2003–2006, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £207,000 is 25.5% above the 2006 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£313/sq ft) was about 41.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 49 m² it's 16.9% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (59 m² median across 20 EPCs).