Garden Flat, 307 Oxford Road, Reading, RG30 1AU

Garden Flat is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Reading (RG30 1AU). It has a recorded floor area of 36 m² (around 388 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (July 2022) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (July 2012); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Average to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 65). Main heating runs on electricity.

Last sold in August 2016, so it's been off the market for around 10 years. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. At 36 m² it's 17.2% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (44 m² median across 14 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 86% of similar EPCs). Across 2001–2016, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.1% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£436/sq ft) was about 68.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode.