Flat 3, 14 Kingsbridge Road, Newbury, RG14 6EA

Flat 3 is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Newbury (RG14 6EA). It has a recorded floor area of 36 m² (around 388 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. At 36 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (36–40 m²). On EPC score it ranks last in the building (40 versus a best of 45). The latest certificate (April 2025) shows an E (score 40), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since September 2013. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 74), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 36 m² it sits well below the postcode median (82 m² across 29 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 76% of similar EPCs). Across 2001–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.5% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£329/sq ft) was about 41.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £127,500 in July 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.