Arun Court, H, Amethyst Lane, Reading, RG30 2EZ

Arun Court is an end-of-terrace house in Reading (RG30 2EZ). It has a recorded floor area of 36 m² (around 388 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1991-1995. At 36 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across Arun Court (36–54 m²). The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (43 versus a best of 74). The latest certificate (April 2019) shows an E (score 43), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 74), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 36 m² it sits well below the postcode median (54 m² across 32 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. Most recent transfer: February 2022 at £228,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. Across 2001–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.4% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£588/sq ft) was about 173.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode.