63 Melrose Gardens, Arborfield Cross, Reading, RG2 9PY

63 Melrose Gardens is a semi-detached house in Arborfield Cross, Reading, Reading (RG2 9PY). It has a recorded floor area of 72 m² (around 775 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (October 2021) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 77).

3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1996–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £405,000 is 18.4% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£441/sq ft) was about 79.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 72 m² it's 20.9% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (91 m² median across 23 EPCs). Most recent transfer: February 2022 at £342,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.