Tamar Court, B, Amethyst Lane, Reading, RG30 2EZ

Tamar Court is a mid-terrace house in Reading (RG30 2EZ). It has a recorded floor area of 37 m² (around 398 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1991-1995. At 37 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 9 units on EPC record in Tamar Court, where floor areas span 25–54 m². The building's EPC ratings span D to C, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (March 2023) shows a D (score 60), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since September 2012. Between certificates, lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and main heating dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 77). Main heating runs on electricity.

At 37 m² it sits well below the postcode median (53 m² across 32 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Sold July 2022 for £190,000. Across the public record there are 5 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 1998–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.1% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£477/sq ft) was about 118.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode.