5 Kilowna Close, Charvil, Reading, RG10 9QU

5 Kilowna Close is a five-bedroom detached house in Charvil, Reading, Reading (RG10 9QU). It has a recorded floor area of 195 m² (around 2099 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (April 2015) shows an E (score 43), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since August 2013. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Average to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from April 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 195 m² the property is well over the postcode median (135 m² across 6 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £884,000 sits 67.4% above the 2013 sale of £528,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£252/sq ft) was about 18.3% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2020. Past consents include an extension and a garage conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. On the market in December 2013 and unlisted since — roughly 12 years.