185 Caversham Road, Reading, RG1 8BB

185 Caversham Road is a six-bedroom mid-terrace house in Reading (RG1 8BB). It has a recorded floor area of 103 m² (around 1109 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (April 2023) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 88), a 2-band jump. Period features are noted in the property record.

Held since January 2001 — that's 25 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 103 m² the property is well over the postcode median (71 m² across 27 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 6 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Across 1997–2001, sale prices on this property compounded at 21.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £460,000 sits 208.7% above the 2001 sale of £149,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£134/sq ft) was about 18.7% below the postcode norm.