198 Tilehurst Road, Reading, RG30 2LY

198 Tilehurst Road is a detached house in Reading (RG30 2LY). It has a recorded floor area of 56 m² (around 603 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band B. At 56 m² this is the 21st smallest of 33 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 16–175 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to C, with this unit at the top. The latest certificate (July 2024) shows a C (score 77), near the top of the C band. When first surveyed in November 2018 the rating was F, the property has climbed 3 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Good, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Average and lighting went from Poor to Very Good.

Today's modelled estimate of £197,000 is 55% below the 2021 sale of £438,000, a rare downward gap that often correlates with deferred maintenance or unfinished works. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£727/sq ft) was about 205.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 56 m² the property is well over the postcode median (41 m² across 32 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2022. Past consents include an extension and new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last sale on file: £438,000 in April 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.