6 School Road, Hurst, Reading, RG10 0DR

6 School Road is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Hurst, Reading, Reading (RG10 0DR). It has a recorded floor area of 55 m² (around 592 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band B. At 55 m² this is the 6th smallest of 20 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 35–325 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to B, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (49 versus a best of 84). The latest certificate (October 2020) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it C (February 2010); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average and roof efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 63).

Sale prices here have outpaced Reading HPI: 3.1% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£384/sq ft) was about 29.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 55 m² it sits well below the postcode median (180 m² across 19 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Last sale on file: £227,500 in February 2021. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.