16 Shenstone Road, Reading, RG2 0DT

16 Shenstone Road is a seven-bedroom semi-detached house in Reading (RG2 0DT). It has a recorded floor area of 148 m² (around 1593 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (May 2017) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 82).

Held since August 2002 — that's 24 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 148 m² the property is well over the postcode median (90 m² across 17 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 88% of similar EPCs). Across 1998–2002, sale prices on this property compounded at 24.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £508,000 sits 155.3% above the 2002 sale of £199,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£125/sq ft) was about 48% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include a garage conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.