35 Howell Close, Arborfield, Reading, RG2 9GN

35 Howell Close is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Arborfield, Reading, Reading (RG2 9GN). It has a recorded floor area of 60 m² (around 646 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band C. At 60 m² this is the 8th smallest of 51 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 36–105 m². The building's EPC ratings span E to B, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (46 versus a best of 81). Other recorded features include a balcony. The latest certificate (October 2012) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from October 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 2 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. Most recent transfer: April 2022 at £250,000. Across the public record there are 6 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 2002–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.8% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£387/sq ft) was about 45.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode.