Willow Trees, Tape Lane, Hurst, Reading, RG10 0DP

Willow Trees is a four-bedroom detached house in Hurst, Reading, Reading (RG10 0DP). It has a recorded floor area of 147 m² (around 1582 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (February 2022) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in May 2012 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Average to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot. It has already been extended once and our model flags further extension potential, a sign of buyer flexibility.

At 147 m² the property is well over the postcode median (98 m² across 32 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £1,322,000 is 10.2% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£758/sq ft) was about 171.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: September 2022 at £1,200,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2006.