4 Diamond Cottages, Warren Row, Reading, RG10 8QT

4 Diamond Cottages is a three-bedroom mid-terrace house in Warren Row, Reading, Reading (RG10 8QT). It has a recorded floor area of 74 m² (around 797 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (June 2022) shows a C (score 73). When first surveyed in February 2009 the rating was F, the property has climbed 3 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 86). The property has underfloor heating on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. Period features are noted in the property record. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.

Sale prices here have outpaced Reading HPI: 7.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£744/sq ft) was about 103.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 5 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 75% of similar EPCs). Sold December 2022 for £592,500. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.