29 Craven Road, Newbury, RG14 5NG

29 Craven Road is a seven-bedroom mid-terrace house in Newbury (RG14 5NG). It has a recorded floor area of 25 m² (around 269 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe. At 25 m² this is the 3rd smallest of 17 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 18–156 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (35 versus a best of 73). The latest certificate (June 2025) shows an F (score 35), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The rating has held steady at F across 2 certificates since June 2014. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and window efficiency dropped from Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 73), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

It hasn't traded since May 2008, a hold of 18 years that's notably long for the area. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 25 m² it sits well below the postcode median (76 m² across 16 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 7 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £442,000 sits 126.7% above the 2008 sale of £195,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£725/sq ft) was about 155.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include HMO conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.