8 Lyndhurst Road, Tilehurst, Reading, RG30 6UG

8 Lyndhurst Road is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Tilehurst, Reading, Reading (RG30 6UG). It has a recorded floor area of 50 m² (around 538 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band B. At 50 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (50–176 m²). The building's EPC ratings span E to C, with this unit at the bottom. The latest certificate (July 2013) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (February 2009); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, roof efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from July 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

Held since September 2006 — that's 20 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 50 m² it sits well below the postcode median (77 m² across 11 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 1999–2006, sale prices on this property compounded at 12.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £202,000 sits 61.6% above the 2006 sale of £125,000.