4 Argyle Road, Reading, RG1 7YL

4 Argyle Road is a four-bedroom detached house in Reading (RG1 7YL). It has a recorded floor area of 112 m² (around 1206 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (October 2020) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in February 2009 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Good, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 2-band jump. The home occupies a corner plot.

At 112 m² the property is well over the postcode median (83 m² across 25 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 8 planning records sit against the property, 6 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include new windows and an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2019–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £522,000 is 21.4% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£357/sq ft) was about 68.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold February 2021 for £430,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.