24 Melrose Gardens, Arborfield Cross, Reading, RG2 9PZ

24 Melrose Gardens is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Arborfield Cross, Reading, Reading (RG2 9PZ). It has a recorded floor area of 53 m² (around 574 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (July 2011) shows an E (score 39), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 55). The latest certificate is from July 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 53 m² it sits well below the postcode median (100 m² across 17 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 82% of similar EPCs). Last sold in March 2015, so it's been off the market for around 11 years. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2020. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1995–2015, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £426,000 is 34.4% above the 2015 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£553/sq ft) was about 79.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode.