26 Martineau Lane, Hurst, Reading, RG10 0SF

26 Martineau Lane is a four-bedroom detached house in Hurst, Reading, Reading (RG10 0SF). It has a recorded floor area of 145 m² (around 1561 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (September 2016) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 78).

Sale prices here have outpaced Reading HPI: 5% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£513/sq ft) was about 58.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 145 m² the property is well over the postcode median (85 m² across 29 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Sold October 2022 for £800,000. Across the public record there are 4 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. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.