3a, Elgar Road, Reading, RG2 0BH

3a is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Reading (RG2 0BH). It has a recorded floor area of 60 m² (around 646 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. At 60 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (60–92 m²). The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (50 versus a best of 74). The latest certificate (June 2017) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 2-band jump.

At 60 m² it's 24.5% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (80 m² median across 10 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £160,000 sits 56.1% above the 2018 sale of £102,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£159/sq ft) was about 15% below the postcode norm. Last sale on file: £102,500 in November 2018.