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About 8 School Road
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
8 School Road is a semi-detached house in Hurst, Reading, Reading (RG10 0DR). It has a recorded floor area of 44 m² (around 474 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (January 2021) shows a C (score 71). The rating has held steady at C across 2 certificates since February 2011. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average and lighting dropped from Very Good to Good. At 44 m² this is the 4th 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 across 20 units on file.
Sale prices here have outpaced Reading HPI: 0.6% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£676/sq ft) was about 142.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 44 m² it sits well below the postcode median (180 m² across 19 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Most recent transfer: June 2021 at £320,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
Current Certificate(1 of 2)
Jan 2021
EPC Rating
A
B
C
C71
D
E
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Good
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
1.7 t/year
Occupancy
Rented
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
8 School Road's sale-price growth has lagged the wider UK trajectory across its history on file.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£348,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 0.6% per year over 19 years.
Last sold (2021)
£320,000
Growth on file: 0.6% per year over 19 years.
Sales timeline
Versus other School Road homes
Four headline reads against 5 similar flats on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
EPC Rating
71 (C)
Street avg 66 (D)
Floor Area
44 m²
Street avg 45 m²
CO₂ Emissions
1.7 t/year
Street avg 2.2 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
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Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
1/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.0 km
Road noise across the postcode
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Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.4dB
Everything within walking distance
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