5 Kennet Cottages, Burghfield, Reading, RG30 3XJ

5 Kennet Cottages is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Burghfield, Reading, Reading (RG30 3XJ). It has a recorded floor area of 93 m² (around 1001 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (August 2021) shows an F (score 28), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it E (June 2009); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and main heating dropped from Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on lpg. Other recorded features include a loft. Period features are noted in the property record.

Sold November 2022 for £344,000. 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 5.3% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£344/sq ft) was about 43.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode.