19 Beta House, Southcote Road, Reading, RG30 2AR

19 Beta House is a semi-detached house in Reading (RG30 2AR). It has a recorded floor area of 51 m² (around 549 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band B. At 51 m² this is the 21st smallest of 22 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 26–51 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to C, with this unit at the top. On EPC score it ranks first in the building (78 versus a worst of 37). The latest certificate (August 2023) shows a C (score 78), near the top of the C band. The rating has held steady at C across 3 certificates since March 2010. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Good and window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good.

At 51 m² the property is well over the postcode median (39 m² across 21 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 2012–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.3% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £200,000 is 17.6% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£310/sq ft) was about 27.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold April 2022 for £170,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.