266 Elgar Road South, Reading, RG2 0BW

266 Elgar Road South is a semi-detached house in Reading (RG2 0BW). It has a recorded floor area of 58 m² (around 624 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (April 2022) shows a C (score 71). When first surveyed in April 2012 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average, roof efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Average to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 87).

Most recent transfer: September 2021 at £220,000. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. 4 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 58 m² it's 20.5% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (73 m² median across 15 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 87% of similar EPCs). Across 2001–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £313,000 is 42.3% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£352/sq ft) was about 62.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode.