Flat 3, 33 Barnwood Close, Reading, RG30 1BY

Flat 3 is a semi-detached house in Reading (RG30 1BY). It has a recorded floor area of 69 m² (around 743 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (September 2023) shows a D (score 57), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in January 2013 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and lighting went from Poor to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 75). Main heating runs on electricity. At 69 m² this is the 10th smallest of 12 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 55–69 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to C across 12 units on file.

Held since February 2000 — that's 26 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £199,000 sits 161.8% above the 2000 sale of £76,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£102/sq ft) was about 44.9% below the postcode norm.