Flat 1, 196 Tilehurst Road, Reading, RG30 2LY

Flat 1 is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Reading (RG30 2LY). It has a recorded floor area of 49 m² (around 527 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (June 2022) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in June 2012 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and lighting went from Good to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 74). At 49 m² this is the 3rd smallest of 4 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 35–65 m². The building's EPC ratings span D to C, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (62 versus a best of 75).

At 49 m² it's 21% larger than the typical home in the postcode (41 m² median across 32 EPCs). Across 2007–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.1% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£408/sq ft) was about 77.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £215,000 in November 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.