8 Shenstone Road, Reading, RG2 0DT

8 Shenstone Road is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Reading (RG2 0DT). It has a recorded floor area of 118 m² (around 1270 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (December 2020) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in October 2014 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good and main heating went from Average to Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 78). Period features are noted in the property record.

At 118 m² the property is well over the postcode median (90 m² across 17 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 4 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2015–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.9% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £496,000 is 14% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£342/sq ft) was about 45.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold May 2021 for £435,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.