18 Fuchsia Grove, Shinfield, Reading, RG2 9ET

18 Fuchsia Grove is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Shinfield, Reading, Reading (RG2 9ET). It has a recorded floor area of 50 m² (around 538 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2003-2006 and council tax band B. Tenure is freehold. At 50 m² this is the 4th smallest of 24 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 41–157 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to B, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (February 2018) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it C (August 2010); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Average and main heating went from Poor to Average; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 74), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 50 m² it sits well below the postcode median (74 m² across 23 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£353/sq ft) was about 18.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: February 2022 at £190,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.