177 Caversham Road, Reading, RG1 8BB

177 Caversham Road is a mid-terrace house in Reading (RG1 8BB). It has a recorded floor area of 52 m² (around 560 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (September 2020) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (July 2017); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 72), a 2-band jump. At 52 m² this is the 5th smallest of 28 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 37–143 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to B across 28 units on file.

Untraded for 29 years, with the last transfer in May 1997. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £226,000 sits 276.7% above the 1997 sale of £60,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£107/sq ft) was about 33.5% below the postcode norm. At 52 m² it's 27.8% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (72 m² median across 27 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 85% of similar EPCs). 12 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 8 refused.