35a, Prince Of Wales Avenue, Reading, RG30 2UH

35a is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in Reading (RG30 2UH). It has a recorded floor area of 50 m² (around 538 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band B. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (September 2021) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in May 2018 the rating was F, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Average to Very Good; while main heating dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 80), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. At 50 m² this is the 16th smallest of 51 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 28–128 m². The building's EPC ratings span G to C across 51 units on file.

At 50 m² it sits well below the postcode median (76 m² across 50 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 86% of similar EPCs). Across 1999–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £185,000 is 17.1% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£294/sq ft) was about 41.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: August 2021 at £158,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.