18 Birch Avenue, Tilehurst, Reading, RG30 6BL

18 Birch Avenue is a detached house in Tilehurst, Reading, Reading (RG30 6BL). It has a recorded floor area of 77 m² (around 829 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (December 2014) shows a D (score 55), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from December 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

It hasn't traded since July 1996, a hold of 30 years that's notably long for the area. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £404,000 sits 405.3% above the 1996 sale of £79,950. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£96/sq ft) was about 57.3% below the postcode norm. At 77 m² it sits well below the postcode median (111 m² across 10 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.