Ashdown House, Flat 2, Battle Square, Reading, RG30 1AX

Ashdown House is a three-bedroom detached house in Reading (RG30 1AX). It has a recorded floor area of 107 m² (around 1152 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2007-2011 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (May 2024) shows a D (score 65), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. Earlier certificates rated it C (January 2010); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and main heating dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 76). Main heating runs on electricity. Other recorded features include a balcony.

Untraded for 16 years, with the last transfer in September 2010. At 107 m² the property is well over the postcode median (63 m² across 23 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £288,000 is 44% above the 2010 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£174/sq ft) was about 37.6% below the postcode norm.