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Get started42 Hurst Road is a detached house in Twyford, Reading, Reading (RG10 0AL). It has a recorded floor area of 62 m² (around 667 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (September 2021) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in December 2020 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good and main heating went from Average to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 2-band jump.
At 62 m² it sits well below the postcode median (102 m² across 4 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include a garage conversion, an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £587,000 is 11.8% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£787/sq ft) was about 83.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £525,000 in June 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
Householder application for the conversion of the existing garage to provide habitable accommodation and changes to external materials. (Retrospective)
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£587,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£525,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
42 Hurst Road outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£8,468
Street avg £5,040
Floor Area
62 m²
Street avg 104 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
1/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Winchcombe Road Foot — bus stop.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.6dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Hot water efficiency improved
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Extension: Single storey
Householder application for the proposed raising of the roof and erection of a first floor side extension to form first floor accommodation with 8 no. part dormers, plus erection of a single storey front extension to form a porch and a single storey rear extension including 3 no. rooflights.
29 June 2021Most recent
£525,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in RG10 0AL: £510,000 (2023–2009).
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.1 t/year
Street avg 4.7 t/year
RG10 0HY
Closest school
0.4 km
The Colleton Primary School. 12 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.5dB
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