Rochford House, Hungerford Lane, Shurlock Row, Reading, RG10 0PB

Rochford House is a detached house in Shurlock Row, Reading, Reading (RG10 0PB). It has a recorded floor area of 74 m² (around 797 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (January 2012) shows an F (score 38), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would push it to E (score 41). Main heating runs on lpg. The latest certificate is from January 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Sale prices here have outpaced Reading HPI: 0.4% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £653,000 is 21% above the 2015 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£677/sq ft) was about 103.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 74 m² it sits well below the postcode median (122 m² across 6 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. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last sold in July 2015, so it's been off the market for around 11 years.