Green Acres, Park Lane, Charvil, Reading, RG10 9TR

Green Acres is a five-bedroom semi-detached house in Charvil, Reading, Reading (RG10 9TR). It has a recorded floor area of 174 m² (around 1877 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (February 2009) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 72), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from February 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

It hasn't traded since April 2009, a hold of 17 years that's notably long for the area. That sale fell during the post-crash dip, which often skews comparisons against later neighbouring sales. At 174 m² it's 23.3% larger than the typical home in the postcode (142 m² median across 12 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Sale prices here have lagged Reading HPI: -0.6% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £707,000 sits 104.9% above the 2009 sale of £345,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£184/sq ft) was about 38.7% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused.