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

7 Melrose Gardens is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Arborfield Cross, Reading, Reading (RG2 9PY). It has a recorded floor area of 52 m² (around 560 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (January 2018) shows an E (score 45), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 87), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. Other recorded features include a conservatory. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.

At 52 m² it sits well below the postcode median (91 m² across 23 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 74% of similar EPCs). 2 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2021. Past consents include an extension, a loft conversion and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £371,000 is 20.8% above the 2018 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£548/sq ft) was about 127.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On the market in March 2018 and unlisted since — roughly 8 years.