2 Curzon Street, Reading, RG30 1DB

2 Curzon Street is a one-bedroom semi-detached house in Reading (RG30 1DB). It has a recorded floor area of 39 m² (around 414 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (January 2011) shows a G (score 1), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from January 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. At 39 m² this is the 8th smallest of 45 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 16–119 m². The building's EPC ratings span G to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (1 versus a best of 72).

It hasn't traded since February 1999, a hold of 27 years that's notably long for the area. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 39 m² it sits well below the postcode median (79 m² across 44 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £183,000 sits 157.7% above the 1999 sale of £71,000. One planning record on file: subdivision approved in 2001. Past consents include subdivision, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.