12 Barker Close, Arborfield, Reading, RG2 9NQ

12 Barker Close is a six-bedroom detached house in Arborfield, Reading, Reading (RG2 9NQ). It has a recorded floor area of 191 m² (around 2056 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (February 2023) shows a C (score 75), near the top of the C band. When first surveyed in April 2016 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 82).

At 191 m² the property is well over the postcode median (106 m² across 16 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 6 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. 8 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include a garage conversion, a loft conversion, an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1999–2024, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.7% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£401/sq ft) was about 98.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: August 2024 at £825,000.