5 Beacon Court, Southcote Road, Reading, RG30 2ER

5 Beacon Court is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Reading (RG30 2ER). It has a recorded floor area of 79 m² (around 847 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band B. At 79 m² this is the largest unit on EPC record across the building (59–79 m²). The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (December 2009) shows an E (score 45), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 57). Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from December 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 79 m² it's 24.9% larger than the typical home in the postcode (63 m² median across 11 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 73% of similar EPCs). Across 2004–2015, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £220,000 is 22.2% above the 2015 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£213/sq ft) was about 31.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. On the market in May 2015 and unlisted since — roughly 11 years.