3 Essex Place, Bath Road, Speen, Newbury, RG14 1RF

3 Essex Place is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Speen, Newbury, Newbury (RG14 1RF). It has a recorded floor area of 51 m² (around 549 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (February 2018) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in April 2010 the rating was G, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 2-band jump.

Most recent transfer: May 2021 at £260,000. Across the public record there are 6 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2012. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1997–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £289,000 is 11.2% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£474/sq ft) was about 18.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode.