266a, Oxford Road, Reading, RG30 1AD

266a is a mid-terrace house in Reading (RG30 1AD). It has a recorded floor area of 109 m² (around 1173 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. At 109 m² this is the largest unit on EPC record across the building (44–109 m²). The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (40 versus a best of 78). The latest certificate (February 2014) shows an E (score 40), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 64). Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from February 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Across 2004–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £301,000 is 24.8% below the 2022 sale of £400,000, a rare downward gap that often correlates with deferred maintenance or unfinished works. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£341/sq ft) was about 76.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 109 m² the property is well over the postcode median (51 m² across 24 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Last sale on file: £400,000 in March 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.