2 Ambrook Road, Reading, RG2 8SL

2 Ambrook Road is a semi-detached house in Reading (RG2 8SL). It has a recorded floor area of 86 m² (around 926 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (January 2024) shows an F (score 29), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it E (August 2013); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 4-band jump.

Held since April 2001 — that's 25 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £357,000 sits 174.7% above the 2001 sale of £129,950. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£140/sq ft) was about 22.9% below the postcode norm. 6 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 4 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.