491 Oxford Road, Reading, RG30 1HF

491 Oxford Road is a four-bedroom mid-terrace house in Reading (RG30 1HF). It has a recorded floor area of 110 m² (around 1184 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (July 2025) shows a D (score 67), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since May 2015. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 77).

At 110 m² the property is well over the postcode median (48 m² across 29 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 1997–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 9.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £419,000 is 12.5% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£315/sq ft) was about 42.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: November 2021 at £372,500. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.