Top Floor Flat, 25 Briants Avenue, Caversham, Reading, RG4 5AY

Top Floor Flat is a mid-terrace house in Caversham, Reading, Reading (RG4 5AY). It has a recorded floor area of 37 m² (around 398 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (May 2012) shows an E (score 41), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in December 2009 the rating was G, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and main heating went from Very Poor to Poor; while lighting dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from May 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

At 37 m² it sits well below the postcode median (76 m² across 19 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 89% of similar EPCs). Across 2020–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 10.5% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£406/sq ft) was about 51.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold June 2021 for £161,500. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.