3 Southdown Road, Benham Hill, Thatcham, RG19 3BF

3 Southdown Road is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Benham Hill, Thatcham, Thatcham (RG19 3BF). It has a recorded floor area of 112 m² (around 1206 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (September 2022) shows a C (score 73). When first surveyed in July 2010 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Very Good, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 82). Period features are noted in the property record.

At 112 m² it's 17.3% larger than the typical home in the postcode (96 m² median across 8 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 88% of similar EPCs). Across 2000–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 5% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£357/sq ft) was about 53% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: December 2022 at £430,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.