18 Barker Close, Arborfield, Reading, RG2 9NQ

18 Barker Close is a four-bedroom detached house in Arborfield, Reading, Reading (RG2 9NQ). It has a recorded floor area of 142 m² (around 1533 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (March 2012) shows a C (score 72). The latest certificate is from March 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since February 1999 — that's 27 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. At 142 m² the property is well over the postcode median (106 m² across 16 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £660,000 sits 238.5% above the 1999 sale of £195,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£127/sq ft) was about 40.3% below the postcode norm.