18 Regents Court, Newbury, RG14 1DE

18 Regents Court is a three-bedroom mid-terrace house in Newbury (RG14 1DE). It has a recorded floor area of 60 m² (around 646 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band B. At 60 m² this is the 16th smallest of 20 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 43–68 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to B, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (40 versus a best of 85). The latest certificate (August 2014) shows an E (score 40), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 71), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from August 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since August 1997 — that's 29 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 60 m² it's 22.4% larger than the typical home in the postcode (49 m² median across 19 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £228,000 sits 212.3% above the 1997 sale of £73,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£113/sq ft) was about 42.9% below the postcode norm.