7 Brayford Road, Reading, RG2 8LT

7 Brayford Road is a four-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Reading (RG2 8LT). It has a recorded floor area of 92 m² (around 990 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (July 2021) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (October 2008); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average and main heating went from Average to Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and lighting dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 3-band jump.

On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Last sale on file: £368,000 in November 2021. Across the public record there are 4 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. Across 1999–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.2% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£372/sq ft) was about 79.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 2 refused.