1 Chiltern Manor Flats, Backsideans, Wargrave, Reading, RG10 8JR

1 Chiltern Manor Flats is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Wargrave, Reading, Reading (RG10 8JR). It has a recorded floor area of 51 m² (around 549 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. At 51 m² this is the 9th smallest of 11 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 37–66 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. Period features are noted in the property record. The latest certificate (October 2020) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (November 2010); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and main heating went from Poor to Average; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 80), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

It hasn't traded since January 1997, a hold of 29 years that's notably long for the area. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 51 m² it's 21.4% larger than the typical home in the postcode (42 m² median across 10 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £257,000 sits 399% above the 1997 sale of £51,500.