4 The Spires, Bartholomew Street, Newbury, RG14 5LL

4 The Spires is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Newbury (RG14 5LL). It has a recorded floor area of 111 m² (around 1195 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1900-1929. At 111 m² this is the largest unit on EPC record across the building (44–111 m²). The building's EPC ratings span D to C, with this unit at the top. On EPC score it ranks first in the building (69 versus a worst of 56). The latest certificate (June 2018) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. When first surveyed in June 2012 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Very Good, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and window efficiency went from Average to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. Main heating runs on electricity: electricity, unspecified tariff.

At 111 m² the property is well over the postcode median (52 m² across 21 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 71% of similar EPCs). Across 2012–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £167,000 is 19.3% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£117/sq ft) was about 52.9% below the postcode norm. Last sale on file: £140,000 in May 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.